{"id":4418,"date":"2023-06-22T22:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T22:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:16:55","slug":"tangipahoa-parish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/tangipahoa-parish\/","title":{"rendered":"Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tangipahoa Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States, on the Mississippi state line about 45 miles northwest of New Orleans and 45 miles east of Baton Rouge. It had a population of 133,157 at the 2020 census, an estimated 141,346 by 2025, and covers 791 square miles (2,049 km2) of land centred near 30\u00b045\u2032N 90\u00b030\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Amite City is the parish seat; its postal code is 70422. The parish holds 2 cities, 6 incorporated towns and villages and 1 census-designated place, plus roughly half a dozen unincorporated communities with their own post offices, and it runs on Central Time. Its FIPS code is 22105.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Tangipahoa Parish<\/h2>\n

Tangipahoa Parish has 15 named places on the map below: 2 cities, 6 smaller incorporated municipalities (Louisiana charters several of these as legal villages; they are grouped here as Town for a consistent label), 1 census-designated place (Natalbany), and 6 unincorporated crossroads communities with dedicated ZIP codes.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Hammond<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n19,584<\/td>\n70401<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ponchatoula<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n7,822<\/td>\n70454<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amite City<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n4,005<\/td>\n70422<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natalbany<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,510<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kentwood<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n2,145<\/td>\n70444<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Independence<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,635<\/td>\n70792<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roseland<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n880<\/td>\n70456<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tickfaw<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n635<\/td>\n70466<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tangipahoa<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n425<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Loranger<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n70446<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n70455<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Husser<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n70442<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fluker<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n70436<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manchac<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n70421<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pumpkin Center<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Manchac is also called Akers locally, after an early postmaster; older scraped lists show the two as separate places, but they are one community at the south end of the parish near the Manchac swamp. The incorporated village of Tangipahoa is easy to confuse with the parish itself, or with the Tangipahoa River that shares the name and runs the length of the parish.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n