Colyell is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Livingston Parish

Livingston Parish, Louisiana

Livingston Parish Is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its parish seat is Livingston. As of 2010, its population was 128,026....

, Louisiana

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, United States

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. It was named for Francisco Collel, who was the commandant of Galveztown in 1779.

Currently, the only school located in the Colyell area is Frost School, grades Pre-K through 8.

Colyell supports a community ballpark, located on Perrilloux Rd. Colyell also has a volunteer fire department, known as Livingston Parish Fire Protection District 7.

All residents use Livingston, LA 70754 Livingston, Louisiana

Livingston, Louisiana

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 as their home mailing address. The area code for Colyell is 225, and the telephone prefix is 698, the same as French Settlement, LA French Settlement, Louisiana

French Settlement, Louisiana

French Settlement is a village in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 945 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...