Poley, Louisiana

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Poley, Louisiana
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Coordinates: 30°37′29″N90°50′40″W / 30.62472°N 90.84444°W / 30.62472; -90.84444 Coordinates: 30°37′29″N90°50′40″W / 30.62472°N 90.84444°W / 30.62472; -90.84444
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Livingston
Elevation
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92 ft (28 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
70754
Area code(s) 225
GNIS feature ID552052 [1]
FIPS code 22-57695

Poley, also known as Poley Bayou, is an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) northwest of French Settlement and 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) east of Port Vincent.

History

An early settler named Calvin Doris Bowman scouted the area sometime in the 1830s and exclaimed to his companions, "This is just about the poliest place I ever saw." and that was the name given to the area. A post office was built here on December 31, 1909, and a man named Martin L. Bowman was appointed as the first postmaster. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poley, Louisiana
  2. D.N. Pardue. "Poley Bayou, Livingston Parish, Louisiana". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved 2019-08-31.