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St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
46historic places
—earliest paper
1810formed
264,570pop. 2020
117cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 46 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Mandeville, Slidell, Covington.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Louisiana is not yet loaded on this site. Browse St. Tammany titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

26 of 46 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

46 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abita Springs Historic DistrictAbita SpringsDistrict1982
Abita Springs PavilionAbita SpringsBuilding1975
Arcade TheaterSlidellBuilding1997
Bertus-Ducatel HouseMandevilleBuilding1998
Bogue Falaya ParkCovingtonDistrict2017
Camp Salmen HouseSlidellBuilding2006
Christ Episcopal ChurchCovingtonBuilding1980
Claiborne Cottage HotelCovingtonBuilding2019
Cousin, Francois, HouseSlidellBuilding2001
Cousin, Francois, HouseLacombeBuilding2002
Dendinger HouseMadisonvilleBuilding1992
Dew Drop Social and Benevolent HallMandevilleBuilding2000
Division of St. John Historic District (Additional Documentation)CovingtonDistrict1982
Division of St. John Historic District (Boundary Decrease)CovingtonDistrict2023
FlagstaffMandevilleBuilding1983
Folsom Branch LibraryFolsomBuilding2022
Fontainebleau State ParkMandevilleDistrict1999
Frederick HouseCovingtonBuilding1982
Griffin's BakeryMandevilleBuilding1997
Haaswood StorePearl RiverBuilding2009
Jay HouseMadisonvilleBuilding1998
Johnson HouseMandevilleBuilding2002
Lacombe SchoolLacombeBuilding1990
Longbranch AnnexAbita SpringsBuilding1983
Madisonville BankMadisonvilleBuilding1983
Madisonville Boarding HouseMadisonvilleBuilding1996
Madisonville Town HallMadisonvilleBuilding1990
McCaleb HouseMadisonvilleBuilding1990
Moore HouseMandevilleBuilding1983
Morel-Nott HouseMandevilleBuilding1980
New Orleans and Northeastern-New Orleans and Great Northern Railroad DepotSlidellBuilding1996
Pottery HillMandevilleSite2011
Rankin HouseMandevilleBuilding1991
Saint Joseph Abbey ChurchSaint BenedictBuilding2007
Saint Joseph Abbey RefectorySaint BenedictBuilding2007
Salmen HouseSlidellBuilding1996
Salmen, Albert, HouseSlidellBuilding1993
Salmen, Fritz, HouseSlidellBuilding1991
Sardy HouseMadisonvilleBuilding1997
St. Scholastica Priory and CemeteryCovingtonDistrict2019
SunnybrookCovingtonBuilding1979
Tammany HouseAbita SpringsBuilding2026
Tchefuncte River Range Rear LightMadisonvilleStructure1986
Tchefuncte SiteMandevilleSite2000
Teddy Avenue Residential Historic DistrictSlidellDistrict2021
Williams CemeteryLacombeSite2018

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

St. Tammany was formed in 1810 (1810-12-22) from non-parish area within Feliciana County.

ST. TAMMANY Parish created by proclamation of the Territorial Governor from non-parish area within Feliciana County.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

St. Tammany Parish population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

265k133k1,7231820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,7234,5985,4066,88713,33520,64523,62426,98838,643110,869191,268264,570

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

117 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 117 listed
NameLatLon
Abita Springs Cemetery30.4688-90.03451
Allison Cemetery30.55713-90.16119
Amos Cemetery30.32803-89.77143
Austin Cemetery30.43434-89.78453
Barkers Cemetery30.58602-90.07674
Blackwell Cemetery30.63296-90.17397
Blackwell Cemetery30.69046-90.18692
Bogue Falaya Cemetery30.60185-90.16556
Bogue Falaya Cemetery30.57768-90.16952
Bruhl Cemetery30.5768-90.14604
Burns Cemetery30.58463-90.15646
Bush Cemetery30.62612-89.94437
Byers Cemetery30.46263-90.02992
Carpenter Cemetery30.58176-89.87035
Charter Oak Cemetery30.45319-89.80216
Chinchuba Cemetery30.38165-90.08079
Cleland Cemetery30.5438-89.99201
Code Cemetery30.58296-90.24397
Cooper Cemetery30.64579-89.93501
Copper Cemetery30.61343-89.86548
Cousin Cemetery30.32861-89.91407
Covington Cemetery30.47992-90.09495
Cowart Cemetery30.59406-89.88227
Crawford Cemetery30.61883-89.91374
Crow Cemetery30.39788-89.88958
Daussin Cemetery30.49105-90.19392
Davis Cemetery30.4863-90.0434
Davis Cemetery30.54797-89.98285
Dendinger Cemetery30.41491-90.16257
Dubuisson Cemetery30.27913-89.82384
Elias Lee Cemetery30.64935-90.22508
Evans Creek Cemetery30.49908-89.81479
Fauntleroy Cemetery30.62101-90.02702
Fendlason Cemetery30.60658-90.21871
Fields Cemetery30.2438-89.75172
Fitzgerald Cemetery30.60546-90.09646
Fivemile Still Cemetery30.54657-90.07896
Flot Cemetery30.48185-90.01451
Folsom Cemetery30.62879-90.18424
Forest Lawn Cemetery30.29341-89.8011
Fussell Cemetery30.63407-90.1023
Galatas Cemetery30.42488-90.17123
Galloway Cemetery30.63879-89.99508
Garden District Cemetery30.5217-90.04762
Gauss Cemetery30.29471-89.70576
Grantham Cemetery30.60749-89.87708
Green Cemetery30.31549-89.83823
Greenwood Cemetery30.26999-89.78256
Haaswood Cemetery30.32853-89.74207
Harrison Jackson Square Cemetery30.26102-89.72275
Harrison Jackson Square Cemetery30.26984-89.76715
Hay Hollow Cemetery30.64949-90.21204
Hebron Baptist Cemetery30.59399-89.87009
Helping Hand Cemetery30.4098-90.13814
Henry Talley Cemetery30.40408-89.76478
Hickory Cemetery30.41602-89.78589
Holmes Cemetery30.53935-89.8771
James Todd Cemetery30.32859-89.9132
Jenkins Cemetery30.63907-89.98702
Jewel Pierce Cemetery30.66185-89.87951
Keating Cemetery30.59224-90.09978
Keller Cemetery30.60717-89.86094
LaFontaine Cemetery30.31224-89.93691
Lavinghouse Cemetery30.60828-89.95029
Lee Cemetery30.63268-90.23202
Lee Road Cemetery30.60935-90.11257
Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery30.32082-89.76327
Madisonville Cemetery30.4082-90.15619
Mandeville Cemetery30.35827-90.05645
Maryetta Cemetery30.61074-90.04479
McGee Cemetery30.51214-89.82562
McKean Cemetery30.21515-89.69055
Meyer Cemetery30.44985-90.17412
Mizell Cemetery30.65199-89.89408
Moran Cemetery30.45926-89.82131
Morgan Cemetery30.27348-89.80472
Neal Cemetery30.65102-90.23341
New Hope Cemetery30.68077-90.19091
New Zion Cemetery30.61018-90.11452
Oak Grove Cemetery30.26074-89.72172
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Forest Glen30.3252-89.97313
Nott30.34408-90.02341

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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