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Population: 569
Mayor:
Clarence James Fultz (D)
(504) 229-6663
Clerk:
Name
(504) 229-8300
P. O. Box 156
Tangipahoa, LA 70465
Chief of Police:
Richard Banks (D)
Tangipahoa
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One of the few fuel and water stations that were actually developed from the original one-mile-square plot laid out by the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad. Also the site of one of the principal Louisiana Confederate induction centers and training camps during the War for Southern Independence, nearby Camp Moore was named for Governor Thomas Overton Moore. Over 400 soldiers buried in the camp cemetery. The word Tangipahoa is related to the Choctaw word for corn.
The area around Tangipahoa in the parish of the same name is settled in early 1800s. The New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad builds a station here this year. A one square mile town is formed around it in 1866. It includes part of the former Confederate Camp Moore. The town and parish are named for an Indian tribe.
Altitude: 175 feet msl
Type of Government: Mayor and Board of Alderman (3) Lawrason Act
Police: One officer
Fire Department: Kentwood volunteers (2)
Fire Rating: 8
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