Editing Livonia, Louisiana (section)

==History==
===Early history===
The area of present-day Livonia has been occupied by several [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] tribes, including [[Chitimacha]], Houma, [[Tunica-Biloxi]], [[Attakapas]], and [[Coushatta]] and the site of the [[Platform mound|conical]] [[Livonia Mound]]. With a base of 165 feet and nearly 31 (30.7) feet tall, is the tallest of 10 remaining [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indian]] burial [[Tumulus|mounds]] in Pointe Coupee Parish. Dated to the [[Coles Creek culture|Coles Creek archaeological culture]] (400AD-1100AD) period,<ref>[https://www.angelfire.com/la3/livoniamound/ archaeological dating]- Retrieved May 29, 2014</ref> the mound sits between [[Louisiana Highway 77|La 77]] and [[Louisiana Highway 78|La 78]], 150 feet from [[Bayou Grosse Tête]]. A second low-rise unnamed mound (destroyed by the mid-1900s) is located 200 feet southeast and a third was reportedly south of these on the water's edge.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140530044109/http://www.margaretmedia.com/documents/PtCoupeeChap1.pdf Livonia mound]- p. 2-3; Retrieved May 29, 2014</ref>

===Colonial history===
{{main|New France|Expulsion of the Acadians|Louisiana Purchase}}
France ruled the Livonia area as part of Louisiana from 1699 to 1763, when the area was ceded to [[Spain]]. Spain controlled the area until 1800 when [[Napoleon]] took control of Louisiana for France. Some French Canadians migrated to Louisiana earlier, but the majority came between 1755 and 1764 after being [[Expulsion of the Acadians|expelled]] from [[Acadia]]. Some of the French culture remains in Livonia, as shown by the [[Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana#Demographics|2000 census]] that revealed 5.6% of the parish spoke [[French language|French]], [[Cajun French]], or [[Louisiana Creole French]]. The land was sold to the United States in 1803 as part of the [[Louisiana Purchase]].

===Foundation===
The Post office opened 1846<ref>[http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm?stat_state_name=LOUISIANA  Livonia Post Office]- Retrieved May 31, 2014</ref> and was named by first postmaster James B. Johnson for his native [[Livonia, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Naming of Livonia Post Office">[http://pointecoupeetour.tripod.com/brochure.html Naming of Livonia Post Office]- Retrieved May 31, 2014</ref>{{Citation needed|reason=questioned as Livonia, PA was only settled ~1810.|date=January 2015}}