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Welcome to Lee Bayou ...

Lee Bayou is located in Catahoula Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lee Bayou, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Lee Bayou is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lee Bayou lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lee Bayou: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near Lee Bayou ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lee Bayou.

  • Natchez
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Natchez is located in Adams County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natchez
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,362 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natchez <4>
  • Vidalia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ferriday
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jonesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Wisner
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Clayton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ridgecrest
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ridgecrest is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
  • Waterproof
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sicily Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sicily Island is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicily Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
  • Harrisonburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lee Bayou. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lee Bayou.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lee Bayou. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lee Bayou.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lee Bayou. See our Newspapers Page for Lee Bayou.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lee Bayou ...

Looking for more information about Lee Bayou? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lee Bayou, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lee Bayou.

Adding Lee Bayou to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lee Bayou in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lee Bayou was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lee Bayou post office opened in 1902. The Lee Bayou post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lee Bayou.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Catahoula, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lee Bayou - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Lee Bayou area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Lee Bayou area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/