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Tangipahoa Parish History

Founded 6 March 1869

The parish was founded in 1869, from Livingston Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Tammany Parish, and Washington Parish.

The parish seat is Amite City, but the largest city is Hammond.
Tangipahoa comes from an Acolapissa word meaning "ear of corn" or "those who gather corn."

Cities
 Hammond ~ Ponchatoula

Towns and Villages
 Amite City ~ Independence ~ Kentwood ~ Roseland ~ Tangipahoa ~ Tickfaw ~  Natalbany
~ Baptist ~ Fluker ~ Husser ~ Loranger ~ Manchac (Akers) ~ Robert ~ Rosaryville ~ Wilmer

 

 

 

Parish Records

Birth
Records

Cemeteries

Family
Records
Miscellaneous
Data
Wills/
Probate Records

WEBSITE UPDATES:

Feb 2025: Sick List News: TENNENT; Death News: BARDWELL, FILARDO, SAUL; Visiting News: SMITH, WILLIAMS, TENNENT, HARRISS

Oct 2024: Marriage News: HENDRICKS, WATERMAN; Death News: STEVENS, RHEAMS; Community News: DUNCAN, STERN

Jun 2024: Bios: KOPFLER, ROTHER, CAMPBELL, VERNON; Death News: STEVENS; Marriage News: LEE, MOORE, MITCHELL, ACY, LAWSON, CONOLLY, MCCAY, CONNOR, STOKES, GOLDSBY, MIELLY, COTHRAN; Churches: Methodist Church history to 1910, Baptist Church history to 1910, St. Helena Catholic Church history to 1910

Jan 2024: Military: 1890 Veterans Schedule; Death News: BOWDEN; Marriage News: HOEHN, BALLARD, HUTCHINSON, GLOVER; Ads: WALL, ELLIS, AMACKER, MCLENDON, VERNON, ROBERTSON, MONTGOMERY, EDWARDS, STEWART, GALLUP, JACKSON, SANDERS

Sept 2023: History: 1914 Historical Overview; News: Newspapers of Tangipahoa Parish; School News: 1891 list of teachers; Ads: HARRIS, LAURITZEN, PUMPHREY, WEIST; Marriage News: KEMPT, MCMICHAEL, LINDSEY, THOMPSON; Death News: BAHAM, BRELAND

May 2023: Marriage News: MILLER, SINCLAIR, DROTT, STAMPS, JOHNSON, PHELPS, MARSHALL, WRIGHT, CHANEY, McCRADY, GATES, FARLEY, CARVER, JACKSON, BULZING, GILBERT, MALBROUGH, GANIER, CURRY, HARRIS, RIPLEY, YOUNG, HILBURN, BURCH, KEMP, BRELAND; Divorce: OUELETTE; Death News: GENNEROLLI, JORDAN, McCAIN, BOWERS; Sick List News: MCCAIN, GROVER; Calamity News: TOTHE; Crime News: TAPLIN; Weather News; Visiting News: McCAIN, NOLEN

Jan 2023: Marriage News: McDOUGALD, EUBANKS, GOODWYN, SMITH; Weather News: DYSON; Ads: PORCHE, HOLLISTER, WHEELER, ROBINSON, SMITH, LANG, CAMPBELL, SAUNDERS, THOMAS, BLANCHARD, HUMPHRIES, MCKAY, PICKARD, BARBER, HOWARD, LIVINGSTON, The Oaks Hotel; Parish Records: 1897 Parish Officers; Military: Korean War Casualties, Vietnam War Casualties
 

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Surrounding Parishes and Counties

Amite County, Mississippi (northwest)
Pike County, Mississippi (northeast)
St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish (east)
Lake Pontchartrain (southeast)
St. John the Baptist Parish (south)
Livingston Parish and St. Helena Parish (west)


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