Official Name: | Doyle, Louisiana |
Pushpin Map: | Louisiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Doyle |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Livingston |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 46 |
Coordinates: | 30.5036°N -90.7389°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 70754 |
Area Code: | 225 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 552011 |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Info: | 22-21555 |
Doyle is an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located less than 2miles east of Livingston and 4miles west of Holden less than a mile east from the Doyle High School.
Around 1915 the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad decided to build a line through Livingston Parish. They attempted to purchase hundreds of acres of land for the train depot, railroad station, a coal chute, and several repair sheds. The local land owners refused to sell so the railroad company purchased vacant land west of Doyle. Over many years the railroad depot grew and eventually became what is now known as Livingston, Louisiana and the new town consumed the old village of Doyle. In 1955 the village of Doyle merged with the nearby town of Livingston.[1]