Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, USA
County or equivalent
Location overview
Tangipahoa Parish lies in southeastern Louisiana, extending from the Mississippi state line toward Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas. Amite City is the parish seat, and Hammond and Ponchatoula are among its principal communities. The parish was established in 1869 from portions of four neighboring parishes. Railroad development shaped its sequence of towns, while forests, agriculture and the southern lake and wetland landscape remain important parts of its geography.