Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Tangipahoa Parish is a parish in the U.S. State of Louisiana. The parish was put together from parts of 4 other parishes in 1869. Before it was a parish, many slaves were forced to work on sugar plantations in the area. After the Civil War, the white people continued to be very violent towards the black people they had enslaved. All across the south, there were lynchings against black people. Tangipahoa Parish had more lynchings than any nearby parish.[1]

Tangipahoa Parish
Parish
Museum at Camp Moore
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 30°37′36″N 90°24′20″W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Founded	March 6, 1869
Named for	Acolapissa word meaning ear of corn or those who gather corn
Seat	Amite City
Largest city	Hammond
Area
• Total	844 sq mi (2,186 km²)
• Land	791 sq mi (2,049 km²)
• Water	53 sq mi (137 km²) 6.3%
Population (2020)
• Total	133,157
• Density	168.3/sq mi (65.0/km²)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code	985
Congressional districts	1st, 5th
Website	www.tangipahoa.org

References

Michael James Pfeifer, Rough Justice: Lynching and American Society, 1874-1947, University of Illinois Press, 2004, pp. 83-84

Other websites

Visitor's Bureau website, Tangipahoa history Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine

New Orleans metropolitan area
Parishes	Jefferson Orleans Plaquemines St. Bernard St. Charles St. James St. John the Baptist St. Tammany Tangipahoa Washington
Major cities	New Orleans
Cities and towns 100k-250k	Metairie
Cities and towns 25k-100k	Chalmette Kenner LaPlace Marrero Slidell Terrytown
Cities and towns 10k-25k	Bogalusa Destrehan Estelle Gretna Hammond Harvey Jefferson Luling Mandeville Meraux River Ridge Timberland Westwego Woodmere

Municipalities and communities of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States
Parish seat: Amite City
Cities	Hammond Ponchatoula
Towns	Amite City Independence Kentwood Roseland
Villages	Tangipahoa Tickfaw
CDP	Natalbany
Other Unincorporated communities	Akers Arcola Baptist Bedico Bolivar Chesbrough Fluker Greenlaw Holton Husser Kirkville Lees Landing Lewiston Loranger Lorraine Manchac Osceola Pumpkin Center Robert Rosaryville Sharkey Strader Uneedus Velma Wadesboro Wilmer

State of Louisiana
Baton Rouge (capital)
Topics	Index History Louisianians Constitution Governors Lieutenant Governors Legislature Congressional districts	Seal of Louisiana
Regions	Acadiana Ark-La-Tex Central Louisiana Florida Parishes Greater New Orleans Northwest Louisiana North Louisiana Southwest Louisiana
Larger cities	New Orleans Baton Rouge Shreveport Lafayette
Medium-sized cities	Lake Charles Kenner Bossier City
Smaller cities	Monroe Alexandria Houma New Iberia Slidell Central Ruston Sulphur Hammond Natchitoches Gretna Opelousas
Metros	New Orleans Baton Rouge Lafayette Shreveport–Bossier City Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Lake Charles Monroe Alexandria Hammond
Parishes	Acadia Allen Ascension Assumption Avoyelles Beauregard Bienville Bossier Caddo Calcasieu Caldwell Cameron Catahoula Claiborne Concordia DeSoto East Baton Rouge East Carroll East Feliciana Evangeline Franklin Grant Iberia Iberville Jackson Jefferson Jefferson Davis Lafayette Lafourche La Salle Lincoln Livingston Madison Morehouse Natchitoches Orleans Ouachita Plaquemines Pointe Coupee Rapides Red River Richland Sabine St. Bernard St. Charles St. Helena St. James St. John the Baptist St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary St. Tammany Tangipahoa Tensas Terrebonne Union Vermilion Vernon Washington Webster West Baton Rouge West Carroll West Feliciana Winn

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