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Welcome to Lindsay ...

Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lindsay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Lindsay is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lindsay: 225

Communities Also Named Lindsay ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Lindsay - they are located in California, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Texas (2) and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lindsay.

Communities near Lindsay ...

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

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 Lindsay. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lindsay.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lindsay. 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 Lindsay.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lindsay ...

Looking for more information about Lindsay? 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 Lindsay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lindsay.

Adding Lindsay to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lindsay 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 Lindsay was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lindsay post office opened in 1888. The Lindsay post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lindsay.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including East Feliciana, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lindsay - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/