Covering an area of 823 sq mi and having a total population of over 0.1million with more than 36K housing units and 25K families, Tangipahoa Parish was established in 1869 with Amite City as the parish seat and Hammond as the leading town. It was named for Acolapissa word meaning ear of corn or those who gather corn.

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