Official Name: | Poley, Louisiana |
Pushpin Map: | Louisiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Poley |
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: | 92 |
Coordinates: | 30.6247°N -90.8444°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 70754 |
Area Code: | 225 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 552052 |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Info: | 22-57695 |
Poley, also known as Poley Bayou, is an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 2miles northwest of French Settlement and 2miles east of Port Vincent.
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.[1]