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Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, located 45 miles (72 km) east of Baton Rouge and 45 miles (72 km) northwest of New Orleans. Its population was 20,019 in the 2010 U.S. census, and 21,359 at the 2020 population estimates program. [5] Hammond is home to Southeastern Louisiana University.
Hammond Northshore Regional Airport covers an area of 920 acres (370 ha) at an elevation of 46 feet (14 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways : 13/31 is 6,502 by 100 feet (1,982 x 30 m) with an asphalt /concrete surface; 18/36 is 5,001 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m) with a concrete surface.
The parish seat is Amite City, [3] while the largest city is Hammond. Southeastern Louisiana University is located in Hammond. Lake Pontchartrain borders the southeastern side of the parish. The name Tangipahoa comes from an Acolapissa word meaning "ear of corn" or "those who gather corn." The parish was organized in 1869 during the ...
The name Tangipahoa is derived from the Muskogean words (tonche pahoha) which translates to "corncob people" or "people of the corn" or "corncob". [3] It is from this Native American tribe that the modern Tangipahoa Parish gets its name, as well as the Tangipahoa River.
Saint Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, near Hammond. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge.
Natalbany is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.The population was 1,739 at the 2000 census.It is part of the Hammond MSA.. In 2009, Natalbany was among the first communities in Louisiana to get Louisiana's new black-and-white state highway shields.
Strawberry Stadium is a 7,408-seat football/soccer stadium in Hammond, Louisiana. It is home to the Southeastern Louisiana University Lions American football team. The stadium also hosts St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School football, previously hosted Hammond High School football, and has been the site of numerous play-off games involving ...
The tournament is well received and supported in Hammond and Tangipahoa Parish, where girls basketball has been popular for many decades. Baylor coach Kim Mulkey starred at Hammond High School before a standout career at Louisiana Tech and as a member of the U.S. national team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics .