Please try again later. This feature is not available right now. The city is named for Peter Hammond (1798–1870), the surname anglicized from Peter av Hammerdal (Peter of Hammerdal) — a Swedish immigrant who first settled the area around 1818. In this respect, Hammond ranks among the bottom 25 cities nationally and is comparable to Salem, Oregon, and Tucson, Arizona. The city is also home to Northshore Technical Community College. Hammond used his savings to buy then-inexpensive land northwest of Lake Pontchartrain. Register Now for Drive Through Trunk and Treat. Hammond,IN 46320 PHONE (219) 853-6300 CITY HALL HOURS (Note: Individual department … 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Hammond is overlapped by most of the mass media in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, although over-the-air television reception is available. Many are coming from or going to Baton Rouge, some 40 miles (64 km) west. During World War II, the Hammond Airport (now Hammond Northshore Regional Airport) served as a detention camp for prisoners of war from Nazi Germany. He owned at least 30 slaves before the Civil War. Be the first one to, City of Hammond, LA - City Council Meeting - July 28, 2020, cohla-City_of_Hammond_LA_-_City_Council_Meeting_-_July_28_2020, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZiOSMV6fvw, City_of_Hammond_LA_-_City_Council_Meeting_-_July_28_2020.en.vtt, City_of_Hammond_LA_-_City_Council_Meeting_-_July_28_2020.es.vtt, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.8 square miles (33 km2), of which 12.8 square miles (33 km2) is land and 0.08% is water. [31], The Hammond Oak, located in the 500 block of East Charles Street: The grave of founder Peter av, Location of Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Location of Louisiana in the United States, New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum, Louisiana African American Heritage Trail, National Register of Historic Places listings in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Property owners stuck in Bombing Range: Corps surveyors search for any explosives, 2theadvocate.com "Architect Desmond dies — Baton Rouge, LA", "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990", https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/16/americas-most-violent-and-peaceful-states/39672421/, https://www.roadsnacks.net/these-are-the-10-most-dangerous-places-in-louisiana/, "Cities Where the Fewest People Graduate High School", "Former Lexington mayor H. Foster Pettit dies at 84", "Maggie Roche: The Hidden Heart of The Roches", "Hammond, Louisiana Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)", Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hammond,_Louisiana&oldid=982756371, World War II prisoner of war camps in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Peter Michael Panepinto (R) (reelected 2018), "Hammond Song", written by Maggie Roche of, This page was last edited on 10 October 2020, at 04:16. [14], Hammond has suffered from exceptionally high crime rates for many years. 5925 Calumet Avenue, Hammond, IN 46320 Phone: (219) 853-6300, Copyright © 2014-2020 City of Hammond, Indiana, Site Design and Maintenance: Green Leaf Web Studios. By the end of the 19th century, Hammond had become a stopping point for northern rail passengers traveling south and for New Orleanians heading north to escape summer yellow fever outbreaks. See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive, Uploaded by This is the official page for the City of Hammond, Louisiana In the 1920s, David William Thomas edited a weekly newspaper in Hammond prior to moving to Minden, the seat of Webster Parish. LOCATION. Mayor McDermott Announces 2020 “Mayor’s Night Out” Schedule.