Church of the Incarnation

The congregation took shape in a town that existed because of a railroad. Amite City was chartered in 1855 and incorporated in 1861, and it grew as a trading center and a refuge for New Orleans families escaping yellow fever. French traders and colonists had first settled on the Tangipahoa River beside a Choctaw village, long before any of it. After the parish was created in 1869 and Amite City became its seat, the Episcopalians incorporated in 1871 and had a first rector in 1872, among the earliest institutions of a new parish seat.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Tickfaw State Park — 25 mi
  A floodplain park on the Tickfaw River, with cypress-tupelo swamp, bottomland hardwoods and about 4.75 miles of trails and boardwalks, plus a nature center with an 800-gallon river aquarium.

More markers nearby

• C.P.'s Station — steps away
• Blythewood Plantation — 0.5 mi
• Independence — 6.5 mi
• Montpelier — 9.5 mi