   tangipahoa parish (french: paroisse de tangipahoa) is a parish located in the u.s. state of louisiana. as of the 2010 census, the population was 121,097. the parish seat is amite city, but the largest city is hammond. tangipahoa comes from an acolapissa word meaning "ear of corn" or "those who gather corn." the parish was founded in 1869. tangipahoa parish comprises the hammond, la metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the new orleans-metairie-hammond, la-ms combined statistical area. it is one of the florida parishes. ==history== tangipahoa parish began in 1869, when it was carved from livingston parish, st. helena parish, st. tammany parish, and washington parish. it was flooded in 1932. the name comes from the tangipahoa river and the historic tangipahoa native american people. ==geogr
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