Tangipahoa is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Tangipahoa Parish () is a parish located on the southeastern border of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,157. The parish seat is Amite City, while the largest city is Hammond. Southeastern Louisiana ...
, United States. The population was 425 at the
2020 census. It was named after the
Tangipahoa
The Tangipahoa were a Native American tribe that lived just north of Lake Pontchartrain and between the Pearl River and the Mississippi River.
Etymology
The name Tangipahoa is derived from the Muskogean words ''(tonche pahoha)'' which translat ...
Native American tribe. Tangipahoa is part of the
Hammond MSA.
Etymology
The name Tangipahoa is derived from the
Muskogean
Muskogean ( ; also Muskhogean) is a language family spoken in the Southeastern United States. Members of the family are Indigenous Languages of the Americas. Typologically, Muskogean languages are highly synthetic and agglutinative. One docume ...
words ''(tonche pahoha)'' which translates to "corncob people" or "people of the corn" or "corncob".
It is from this Native American tribe that the modern
Tangipahoa Parish gets its name, as well as the
Tangipahoa River
The Tangipahoa River ( ) originates northwest of McComb in southwest Mississippi, and runs south U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 20, 2011 through Lake Tangipahoa i ...
.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 425 people, 190 households, and 119 families residing in the village.
Notable person
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Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Michael Jackson, one of the most culturally significan ...
, NFL player and mayor from 2009 through 2012.
See also
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Green Shutters
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Camp Moore
References
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1853 establishments in Louisiana
Populated places established in the 1850s
Villages in Louisiana
Villages in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana