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Livingston, Louisiana
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Livingston, Louisiana is located in Louisiana
Livingston, Louisiana
Livingston, Louisiana
Location in Louisiana
Livingston, Louisiana is located in the United States
Livingston, Louisiana
Livingston, Louisiana
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Livingston
Established 1918
Area
 • Total 3.22 sq mi (8.35 km2)
 • Land 3.22 sq mi (8.35 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
43 ft (13 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 1,877
 • Density 582.38/sq mi (224.86/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
70754
Area code(s) 225
FIPS code 22-44655
Website http://www.townoflivingston.com/

Livingston is the parish seat of Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,769 at the 2010 census.

Livingston hosts one of the two LIGO gravitational wave detector sites, the other one being located in Hanford, Washington.

History

Livingston was the site of a major train derailment in 1982.

Geography

Livingston is located at 30°29′55″N 90°44′54″W / 30.49861°N 90.74833°W / 30.49861; -90.74833 (30.498721, -90.748371).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2), all of it land. The communities of Doyle and Livingston, combined in 1955 to create the Town of Livingston. Doyle was established northeast of present-day Livingston, located on Hog Branch off of present-day North Doyle Road but moved when the railroad was built from Baton Rouge to Hammond, and the community was re-located in 1901 by the McDonald Family.

Livingston was started by the Lyons Lumber Company in 1916 as a logging community on 63 acres just west of Doyle, to support their logging industry and timber mill in Garyville, located south of Livingston on the Mississippi River. Therefore, Livingston and Garyville are sister cities.

When Livingston was first established there was a house on every lot, a board walk in front of every home, and water wells drilled on each corner so every home would have access to running water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1960 1,183
1970 1,398 18.2%
1980 1,260 −9.9%
1990 999 −20.7%
2000 1,342 34.3%
2010 1,769 31.8%
2020 1,877 6.1%
U.S. Decennial Census

Livingston is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.

2020 census

Livingston racial composition
Race Number Percentage
White (non-Hispanic) 1,712 91.21%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 44 2.34%
Native American 5 0.27%
Asian 1 0.05%
Other/Mixed 61 3.25%
Hispanic or Latino 54 2.88%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,877 people, 679 households, and 492 families residing in the town.

Education

Livingston is within the Livingston Parish Public Schools system.

The following schools serve the Town of Livingston and the local area:

  • Doyle Elementary School
  • Doyle High School
  • Frost Elementary (South of the Town of Livingston, serving the Frost Community)

Notable people

  • Dale M. Erdey, current state senator from Livingston Parish and former mayor of Livingston. His father was also a mayor of Livingston.
  • Heulette Fontenot, former state representative and state senator from Livingston Parish
  • Gabriela González, spokesperson for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration[
  • Laine Hardy, American Idol contestant 2018; American Idol winner 2019

See also

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