Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, located 45 miles east of Baton Rouge and 45 miles northwest of New Orleans. Its population was 20,019 in the 2010 U.S. censu
Downtown
Footbridge between a student residential complex and North Oak Park
Intersection of LA 1065 (North Cherry Street) and US 190 (East Thomas Street) in Hammond's Historic District: The building in the background is Dantone's Grocery, founded in 1912 by Italian immigrants.
Lucius McGehee Hall on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Southeastern Louisiana University is a public university in Hammond, Louisiana. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims as Hammond Junior College. Sims succeeded in getting the campus moved to north H
Hammond, Louisiana
…northwest of New Orleans. Its population was 20,019 in the 2010 U.S. census, and 21,359 at the 2020 population estimates program. Hammond is home to Southeastern Louisiana University. It is the principal city of the Hammond metropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Tangipahoa Parish and is a part of the Baton Rouge–Hammond…
Southeastern President John L. Crain addressing the Faculty Senate
Commons Area in Southeastern's War Memorial Student Union
Fayard Hall, completed in 2001