King George Bayou, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue



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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston 
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976.  Reprinted by permission.  Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

KING GEORGE BAYOU had its beginning just below and south of the old 

store house building which was located in Section 37, T9S-R4E on the

first early map of French Settlement.  At that time it was a flowing

stream from the Amite River, but in the years to follow, the entrance

was closed by the continuous dumping of sawdust from a nearby sawmill.

This is an account told by an elderly citizen of the community.

     The entrance from the river remains closed.  The bayou is located

in Sections 37, 2 and 1 in T9S-R4E and in Sections 6 and 5 of T9S-R5E,

at which point it is open to the Amite River.  There could have been

a definite purpose for closing the west passage of Amite River to Bayou

King George many years ago.

     It is most interesting to note that the distance between the west

and east entrances of Bayou King George on the Amite created a shorter

route than the lower one for such a journey. -- Lucille Cooper

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