Headnote
SAINT TAMMANY PARISH, situated on the east boundary of Louisiana, with Pearl river on the east, and Lake Ponchartrain on the south. Area, 972 square miles. Face of the country undulating, subsiding toward the south into a plain; soil, generally sterile. Seat of justice, Covington. Pop. in 1820, 1,723; in 1830, 2,864; in 1840, 4,598; in 1850, 6,364. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Louisiana

Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
SAINT TAMMANY PARISH, situated on the east boundary of Louisiana, with Pearl river on the east, and Lake Ponchartrain on the south. Area, 972 square miles. Face of the country undulating, subsiding toward the south into a plain; soil, generally sterile. Seat of justice, Covington. Pop. in 1820, 1,723; in 1830, 2,864; in 1840, 4,598; in 1850, 6,364.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 321.
Name Type
Covington, LA City or Town
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