Historical Marker
Tangipahoa
Tangipahoa, Tangipahoa County · Louisiana
Erected 1982
The name is older than the town. Tangipahoa comes from the Tangipahoa people, and one account glosses it as 'corncob people' or 'people of the corn'. Sources differ on the language, one tracing it to an Acolapissa word and another to Muskogean. The village was founded around 1853 and incorporated in 1866, and it counted 236 residents in 1870. Its population peaked at 747 in 2000 and fell to 425 by 2020. The parish took the same name when the legislature carved it from four older parishes on March 6, 1869.
Where it stands
30.87303, -90.51150 · Directions
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