St. Tammany Parish (; ) is a

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located in the

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named after

Tamanend Tamanend ("the Affable"; ), historically also known as Taminent, Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the founding peace treaty w ...

, the legendary

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Chief of Chiefs and the "Patron Saint of America." At the 2020 census, the population was 264,570, making it the fourth-most populous parish in Louisiana. The

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is Covington. The parish was founded in 1810. St. Tammany Parish comprises the Slidell–Mandeville–Covington metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the New Orleans–Metairie–Slidell combined statistical area. St. Tammany Parish is one of the fastest-growing parishes in the state, along with Livingston and Ascension. The population has quadrupled since 1970, and is expected to double again by 2030, expecting to diversify the population of the parish. Though it was not heavily directly damaged by

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, the community is growing in large part due to subsequent displacement of populations because of the shifting landscape in the larger Metropolitan area due to expanding urban footprints.

History

Pre-history

St. Tammany was originally inhabited by numerous Indian peoples, including the Colapissas, Bayou Goulas, Chickasaw, Biloxi, Choctaw and Pensacola nations (although Frederick S. Ellis, in his book ''St. Tammany Parish: L'autre Côté du Lac'', claims that the regionally prominent Choctaw tribe did not arrive in the area until after it had begun to be settled by Europeans). In 1699,

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, a French explorer, was the first European to visit the area of present-day St. Tammany Parish. While exploring lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas, Iberville wrote in his journal, "The place where I am is one of the prettiest I have seen, fine level ground bare of canes. The land north of the lakes is a country of pine trees mixed with hard woods. The soil is sandy and many tracks of buffalo and deer can be seen."

West Florida

After the 18th-century founding and development of

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, French settlers began to enter the region. The primary industry was the production of pitch,

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and

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from the forests. After

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was defeated in the

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, St. Tammany (along with the other future "

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") became part of

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. During this period, the area comprising today's St. Tammany attracted British

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who wanted to escape persecution in the

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. After

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was defeated in the

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, West Florida was governed by the Spanish. The West Florida period ended with the West Florida revolt, which precipitated annexation by the United States.

Creation and naming of the parish

In 1810, President

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claimed West Florida as part of Louisiana and sent William C. C. Claiborne to claim the territory. Claiborne established the boundaries of the

. He created St. Tammany Parish and named it after the Delaware Indian Chief

(c.1628-1698), who made peace with

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and was generally renowned for his goodness. Among the nine Louisiana parishes (counties) named for "saints" (see "

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"), St. Tammany is the only one whose

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is not a

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of the

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, the ecclesiastical parishes of which formed the basis for the state's civil parishes. In fact, Tamanend is not known to have been a Christian, and was certainly not a Roman Catholic. However, he became popularly revered as an "American patron saint" in the post-

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period (long after his death). Under Spanish rule, the area east of the Tangipahoa River, which would become St. Tammany Parish (and later Washington Parish to the north), was known as the St. Ferdinand District. Due to the fact that

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was also the name of the disputed King of Spain at the time, it was deemed that the new parish should have a more "American" sounding name.

19th century

In the early 1830s, there were only two towns in St. Tammany: Covington, a retreat with summer homes and hotels; and Madisonville, a shipbuilding and sawmill town. The area south of Covington to Lake Pontchartrain's northern shore and extending eastwards to the

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border with the state of

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was known as the Covington Lowlands. This region included the present-day towns of Mandeville, Abita Springs, Lacombe, Slidell, and

. Mandeville was founded in 1834 by Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville and was developed as a health resort for wealthy New Orleanians, because it was believed that

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was both salutary and naturally emitted by the numerous trees in the area (both beliefs later proven false), giving rise to an early name for the region — the "Ozone Belt". Regular ferry service commenced across

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, and shortly thereafter another resort community was founded, Abita Springs. A railroad was constructed in the 1880s connecting Covington and Abita Springs to Mandeville and to

, allowing for further growth, particularly in Abita Springs, where underground spring waters permitted supposedly healthful baths.

20th century

With the completion of high-speed road connections to St. Tammany from

and its older suburbs (

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, the

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), the parish began to develop as a bedroom community.

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first took root in and around

Slidell, Louisiana Slidell is a city on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 28,781 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the sixteenth-most ...

, in the eastern part of the parish. Though the Causeway was completed in 1956 and linked suburban Metairie with western St. Tammany, growth in and around western St. Tammany towns like Mandeville, Covington, and Madisonville only gathered momentum in the late 1960s.

21st century

While St. Tammany was sparsely populated and almost wholly rural in the 1950s, its population exceeded 200,000 in the wake of

's landfall in 2005. A major event in the parish's transition from a bedroom community of commuters to a more diverse and independent economic unit occurred in 2008 with the relocation of Chevron's regional corporate headquarters from

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to an office park outside of Covington. One of the parish's most powerful figures was Jack Strain, who served as St. Tammany sheriff from 1996 to 2016. After losing his bid for a sixth term, Strain was the subject of a federal corruption investigation into his privatizing a parish work release program in exchange for kickbacks. After being charged with 16 federal counts, Strain agreed to plead guilty to one count of bribery. But the federal investigation also uncovered accusations of sexual abuse involving juveniles. Strain was charged with four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of aggravated incest and one count each of sexual battery and indecent behavior with a juvenile. In 2021, he was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to four life terms in prison.

Hurricane Katrina effects

made its final landfall in eastern St. Tammany Parish. The western eye wall passed directly over St. Tammany Parish as a Category 3 hurricane at about 9:45 AM CST, August 29, 2005. The communities of Slidell, Avery Estates, Lakeshore Estates, Oak Harbor, Eden Isles and Northshore Beach were inundated by the storm surge that extended over inland. The storm surge impacted all of St. Tammany Parish's coastline, including Lacombe, Mandeville and Madisonville. The storm surge in the area of the Rigolets Pass was estimated at , not including wave action, declining to at Madisonville. The surge had a second peak in eastern St. Tammany as the westerly winds from the southern eye wall pushed the surge to the east, backing up at the bottleneck of the Rigolets Pass. The twin spans of I-10 bridges between Slidell and New Orleans East were virtually destroyed, and much of I-10 in New Orleans East was under water. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway and the U.S. Highway 11 bridge, connecting the north and south shores of Lake Pontchartrain, were open only to emergency traffic. Initial search and rescue operations were conducted south of U.S. Highway 190 from Lacombe east to the state line. Fire District No. 1 and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's office evacuated over 3,000 people from flooded homes and rescued about 300 people in imminent danger. Radio communications among first responders functioned throughout the rescue period, but the 9-1-1 system was not operational for ten days. Utility services were not available anywhere in the parish. Generator power was available for hospitals and a special needs shelter. Hospitals were running at capacity on generator power. The hurricane-force winds toppled trees and telephone poles parish-wide, blocking all transportation routes. Land debris cleanup continued into 2007, with over 6.6 million cubic yards (5 million m³) collected. Debris cleaning in waterways continued at least through 2009. Hurricane Katrina damaged 48,792 housing units in St. Tammany Parish from flood waters, high winds, or both.

Geography

According to the

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, the parish has a total area of , of which is land and (25%) is water. It is located to the north of

Major highways

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* U.S. Highway 11 *

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* U.S. Highway 190 * Louisiana Highway 21 * Louisiana Highway 22 * Louisiana Highway 25 * Louisiana Highway 36 *

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Adjacent counties and parishes

* Washington Parish (north) * Pearl River County,

(northeast) * Hancock County,

(east) *

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(south) * Jefferson Parish (southwest) *

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(southeast) * Tangipahoa Parish (west)

National protected areas

* Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge * Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge (part)

State protected areas

* Pearl River Wildlife Management Area * Lake Ramsey Savannah Wildlife Management Area

State parks

* Fairview-Riverside State Park * Fontainebleau State Park

Communities

Cities

* Covington (parish seat) * Mandeville * Slidell (largest municipality)

Towns

* Abita Springs * Madisonville *

Villages

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Unincorporated areas

= Census-designated places

= * Eden Isle * Lacombe * Lewisburg

= Unincorporated communities

= * Alton * Audubon * Barker's Corner * Big Branch *

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* Bonfouca * Bush * Chinchuba * Colt * Crawford Landing *

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* Davis Landing *

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* Goodbee * Haaswood * Houltonville *

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* Maude * McClane City * Morgan Bluff * North Slidell * Oaklawn * St. Benedict * St. Joe *

St. Tammany Tamanend ("the Affable"; ), historically also known as Taminent, Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the founding peace treaty ...

* St. Tammany Corner * Talisheek * Waldheim * White Kitchen

Demographics

2020 census

Per the 2020 United States census, there were 264,570 people, 94,988 households, and 65,335 families residing in the parish. At the 2019 census estimates, there were 255,155 people living in the parish, up from 233,740 at the 2010 U.S. census, and 191,268 at the 2000 census. There were 92,962 households spread out among 102.909 housing units. The racial and ethnic makeup of the parish was 82.8%

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, 12.1%

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, 0.6% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 1.0% some other race, and 1.9% two or more races. Approximately 5.6% of the population was Hispanic and Latin American of any race. Among the households, the median age was 40.2, and 6.0% of the population were under 5 years of age; 75.9% were aged 18 and older, and 16.4% were aged 65 and older. Culturally, 16.4% of the population were of French ancestry, and 15.5% were

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. Irish heritage was 12.2% of the population, and

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made up 11.3% of the parish.

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heritage was 0.4% of the population in 2019. The second most-spoken language in St. Tammany Parish was

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(4.0%). Among the population at the 2019 census estimates, 78.4% lived in owner-occupied housing units and the median home value was $218,500. The median gross rent was $1,086 and the median household income was $68,905. An estimated 11.5% of the population lived at or below the poverty line. The employment rate was 56.9%. Religiously, Christianity has dominated the area since European colonization. Among the Christian denominations prevalent throughout the parish,

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has remained the largest with 145,007 members, followed by

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and non/inter-denominational Protestants per the

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in 2020.

Politics

St. Tammany Parish has heavily favored Republican politicians. In 2020, Donald Trump won St. Tammany by a greater number of votes than he did any other county of Louisiana. The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the parish was

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. In

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received 76% of the vote (83,078 votes) in the parish, despite losing to Democrat

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nationally by a substantial margin. In the 2008 U.S. Senate election, incumbent Democrat

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was re-elected, but lost the parish to Republican John Kennedy, with Kennedy winning 61% of the vote (65,150 votes) in the parish to Landrieu's 36% (39,429 votes). In 2004, Republican

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won 75% of the vote (75,139 votes) to Democrat

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’s 24% (24,662 votes). The increase in the Republican margin of victory since 2004 has been attributed in part to the relocation of numerous, typically Republican,

residents to St. Tammany Parish in the aftermath of post-

Education

K-12 education

St. Tammany Parish Public Schools operates the public schools in all of the parish. They are consistently rated as among the highest-performing in the state. Roman Catholic parochial secondary schools of the

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include: * Archbishop Hannan High School (unincorporated area, Covington address) * Pope John Paul II Catholic High School (Slidell) Other private schools include: * Christ Episcopal School (preschool/kindergarten in Covington, grades 1-12 in an unincorporated area) * Saint Paul's School (Covington) * Saint Scholastica Academy (Covington) * Northlake Christian School (unincorporated, Covington postal address)

Tertiary education

St. Tammany Parish is within the service areas of two community colleges: Northshore Technical Community College and

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. Northshore Technical Community College has its main campus in Lacombe; this campus was established in January 2017. Additionally Nunez Community College in Chalmette, and the Sidney Collier Campus in East New Orleans of

are in proximity to the parish. Previously Covington and Slidell hosted campuses of Delgado Community College, with Slidell having the Slidell Learning Center and later the Northshore-Slidell campus, and with Covington having the Northshore-Covington Campus. The latter opened in summer 2002. The Slidell campus closed in 2016 due to financial issues. The parish is the eponym of Saint Tammany Hall on the campus of

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, in neighboring Tangipahoa Parish.

References

External links

*
St. Tammany Parish Government official website

St. Tammany Parish Public Schools

Explore the History and Culture of Southeastern Louisiana, a National Park Service ''Discover Our Shared Heritage'' Travel Itinerary

Water Resources of St. Tammany Parish

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St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

Geology

* Heinrich, P. V., R. P. McCulloh, and J. Snead, 2007
''Bogalusa 30 x 60 minute geologic quadrangle''
Louisiana Geological Survey, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. * Heinrich, P. V., R. P. McCulloh, and J. Snead, 2004
''Gulfport 30 x 60 minute geologic quadrangle''
Louisiana Geological Survey, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. * McCulloh, R. P., P. V. Heinrich, and J. Snead, 2003
''Ponchatoula 30 x 60 minute geologic quadrangle''
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