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Livingston, Louisiana
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Town
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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)
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• Total | 1,877 |
• Density | 582.38/sq mi (224.86/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP Code |
70754
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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 (30.498721, -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 | |||
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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
Race | Number | Percentage |
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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
In Spanish: Livingston (Luisiana) para niños