Tangipahoa is a village in Tangipahoa Parish, that was founded in 1853 and incorporated in 1866. It was named after the Tangipahoa Native American tribe. The name Tangipahoa is derived from the Muskogean words (tonche pahoha) which translates to “corncob people” or “people of the corn” or “corncob”. It is from this Native American tribe that the modern Tangipahoa Parish gets its name, as well as the Tangipahoa River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), all land. The population was 425 at the 2020 census.