Independence
Independence, originally known as Uncle Sam, is a town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,665 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hammond MSA.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,830 residents
- Description: town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “Independence, LA”, “Independence, Louisiana”, “Uncle Sam”, and “Uncle Sam, Louisiana”
- Postal code: 70443
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tickfaw and Loranger.
Tickfaw
Village
Tickfaw was founded in 1852 and is a village in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 694 at the 2010 census. Tickfaw is part of the Hammond MSA. Tickfaw is situated 4 miles south of Independence.
Loranger
Hamlet
Photo: DwayneP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loranger is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. Loranger is located East of Hammond, Louisiana, at the junction of LA 40 and LA 1062. Loranger is situated 6 miles east of Independence.
Independence
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Tangipahoa, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.63547° or 30° 38′ 8″ northLongitude
-90.50093° or 90° 30′ 3″ westPopulation
1,830Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)United Nations Location Code
US IPCOpen location code
862FJFPX+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 151353527OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Independence” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ايندبندنس”
- Azerbaijani: “İndependens”
- Basque: “Independence”
- Catalan: “Independence”
- Cebuano: “Independence”
- Chechen: “Индепенденс”
- Chinese: “Independence, Louisiana”
- Chinese: “Independence”
- Chinese: “独立村”
- Dutch: “Independence”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايندبندنس”
- Finnish: “Independence”
- French: “Independence”
- German: “Independence”
- Gilaki: “ایندیپندنس (لۊئيزيانا)”
- Gilaki: “ایندیپندنس”
- Haitian: “Independence, Lwizyana”
- Haitian: “Independence”
- Hungarian: “Independence”
- Italian: “Independence”
- Ladin: “Independence”
- Mazanderani: “ایندیپندنس”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Independence”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Independence”
- Persian: “ایندیپندنس”
- Polish: “Independence”
- Portuguese: “Independence”
- Russian: “Индепенденс”
- Serbian: “Индепенденс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Independence, Louisiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Independence”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایندپندنس، لوئیزیانا”
- Spanish: “Independence (Luisiana)”
- Spanish: “Independence”
- Swedish: “Independence, Louisiana”
- Swedish: “Independence”
- Tatar: “Индепенденс”
- Ukrainian: “Індепенденс”
- Urdu: “انڈیپینڈینس، لوزیانا”
- Urdu: “انڈیپینڈینس”
- Volapük: “Independence (LA)”
- Volapük: “Independence, LA”
- Volapük: “Independence, Louisiana”
- Volapük: “Independence”
- Welsh: “Independence, Louisiana”
- Welsh: “Independence”
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