Tickfaw, Another of the fuel and water stations developed from a one-mile-square plot laid out by the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad. In the local Indian language Tickfaw meant wild beasts shed their hair here. The Village was founded in 1852 and was incorporated in 1957. Tickfaw was founded in 1852 and is a village in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 755 at the 2010 census and is part of the Hammond Micropolitan Statistical Area. Tickfaw is an Indian name meaning “Rest Among the Pines. Tickfaw is part of the Hammond Micropolitan Statistical Area