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54-564: Oaks Hotel , in Hammond, Louisiana , was built in 1905. It is an L-shaped building that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was designed by Favrot & Livaudais , an architectural firm active in Louisiana from 1891 to 1933. Its National Register nomination stated: The building's striking feature is its attenuated pedimented entrance portico which surmounts

108-599: A Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the Civil Rights Movement . In 1944, the Tangipahoa Parish Library – Hammond branch was established. Since 1959, The Daily Star has been Hammond's locally published daily newspaper. During World War II, the Hammond Airport (now Hammond Northshore Regional Airport ) served as a detention camp for prisoners of war from Nazi Germany . Additionally,

162-545: A college degree, the city was in the bottom quarter nationwide in this ranking too. Schools in this district are ranked in the lower 50% of public schools in the state. The TPPS had 19,500 students enrolled for the 2020-2021 academic year and an annual budget of $ 219 million. The Southeastern Louisiana Lions sports teams use multiple venues in Hammond. Chappapeela Sports Park hosts American football, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, softball and volleyball. There are

216-541: A direct strike by the eastern eyewall of Hurricane Ida . It dropped more than 12 inches (300 mm) of rain, and caused severe flash flooding, and significant wind damage. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 12.8 square miles (33 km ), of which 12.8 square miles (33 km ) is land and 0.08% is water. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to

270-522: A few public parks in Hammond including Cate Square park, Zemurray Park, North Oaks Park, Mooney Avenue Park, Clarke Park, Martin Luther King Park, Jackson Park, and Hammond Dreamland Park. There is a public pool located at Zemurray Park. In addition to youth recreational sports and camps, there are adult flag football, basketball, kickball, and volleyball leagues. Other programs are available for adults including Line Dancing, Zumba, and Crafting. Hammond

324-422: A household in the city was $ 25,928, and the median income for a family was $ 30,788. Males had a median income of $ 29,801 versus $ 20,707 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 13,992. About 25.7% of families and 29.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 38.2% of those under age 18 and 23.6% of those age 65 or over. As of the census of 1990 , there were 45,226 people living in

378-577: A mega-sports complex for young athletes. The Winterville Mounds Historic Site , with more than twelve earthwork mounds constructed by people of the Plaquemine Mississippian culture , is a survival north of the county seat of the deep indigenous history along the Mississippi River. This culture was particularly prominent from 13th to the 15th centuries, long before European exploration. Earthwork mounds were built by peoples in this area from

432-415: A number of hospitals, including North Oaks Medical Center on U.S. Route 51 Business between Hammond and Ponchatoula . North Oaks is one of the largest hospitals in Louisiana and helps serve the teaching needs of Southeastern Louisiana University 's College of Nursing & Health Sciences. Hammond has railways, highways (including the intersection of two interstates ), and air travel/transport. Both

486-614: A runway long enough to land the Concorde (1976–2003) and to serve as back-up for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport . The largest unit of the Louisiana Army National Guard is stationed at Hammond, adjacent to the site. The airport is also the home base for the 236th Combat Communications Squadron of the Louisiana Air National Guard . The airport has no regularly scheduled passenger service but

540-554: A sawmill. Toward the end of the war, Cate laid out the town's grid, using the rail line as a guide and naming several of the streets after his sons. Also, Cate Street is named for him. After the Civil War, light industry and commercial activities were attracted to the town. 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 seasonal summer yellow fever outbreaks. The city later became

594-518: A shipping point for strawberries . A state historical plaque downtown marks it as "Strawberry Capital of America". In the 1920s, David William Thomas edited a weekly newspaper in Hammond prior to moving to Minden , the seat of Webster Parish . There, he was elected mayor in 1936. In 1932, Hodding Carter founded the Hammond Daily Courier , which he left in 1939 to move to Greenville, Mississippi . The paper closed. Carter later received

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648-975: A small portion of the city lies in the Western Line School District . Greenville High School is the public high school of the Greenville district, while O'Bannon High School serves Western Line residents. The private schools, Washington School and Greenville Christian School , also serve the city, as well as St. Joseph Catholic School (K-12), a parochial school which is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson . The diocese formerly operated Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary School, which merged into St. Joseph in 2016. The Greenville Higher Education Center offers non-credit community courses and credit courses from Delta State University , Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC), and Mississippi Valley State University . All of Washington County

702-549: A strawberry capital to a transportation capital. The city hosts numerous warehouses and is a distribution point for Walmart and other major businesses. Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond offers the state's only academic degree in supply chain management . In 1953, John Desmond opened the first architectural firm in Hammond. He was chief architect of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board for some two decades before he relocated to Baton Rouge . Among

756-483: Is also a major training site for the Louisiana Army National Guard , and the home base for the Louisiana Air National Guard 's 236th Combat Communications Squadron . About 15 mi (24 km) south of the city, on both the railroad and I–55, lies Port Manchac , which provides egress via Lake Pontchartrain to the Gulf of Mexico . The combination of highway-rail-air-sea transportation has transformed modern Hammond from

810-487: Is convenient for charter flights and corporate aviation purposes. Greenville, Mississippi Greenville is the ninth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi , and the largest city by population in the Mississippi Delta region. It is the county seat of Washington County . The population was 29,670 at the 2020 Census . This area was occupied by indigenous peoples for thousands of years. When

864-578: Is currently provided by Contour Airlines with nonstop Embraer regional jet flights to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Nashville (BNA). U.S. Highway 61 , U.S. Highway 82 and the Great River Road ( Mississippi Highway 1 ) are the main transportation arteries through the Greenville area. U.S. Highway 82 is a major part of the Mississippi Delta's transportation network, as it connects to Interstate 55 and other major four-lane highways. In addition,

918-413: Is due to its location at the junction of two heavily traveled interstate highways: Hammond is 40 miles (64 km) from Baton Rouge, 46 miles (74 km) from New Orleans, 89 miles (143 km) from Gulfport, Mississippi , and 125 mi (201 km) from Jackson, Mississippi. Two U.S. highways serve the city: State highways serving the area include: The Hammond Northshore Regional Airport has

972-560: Is headquartered at 120 S Oak St. The city's uniform crime reporting statistics are available on the FBI UCR website. Hammond has suffered from exceptionally high crime rates for many years. Louisiana has been ranked the #1 most violent state in the United States, and Hammond is ranked as the fifth most violent city in the state based on crimes per capita. Crime Rates US Average v Hammond Louisiana Hammond and its immediate environs have

1026-627: Is in the service area of MDCC. Delta Democrat Times is the daily newspaper of the town. The Greenville Bucks were a minor-league baseball team in the Cotton States League from 1922 to 1955. The Greenville Bluesmen were an independent minor league professional baseball team from 1996–2001 in Greenville. The Mississippi Miracles , formerly the Mississippi Stingers , were an American Basketball Association franchise from 2004–2006 in Greenville. Greenville will become host to

1080-426: Is just north of the city. In addition, Trafton Academy (pre-K through 8th) and Oaks Montessori School (pre-K through 8th) are private schools serving area students. In 2018, press reports indicated that only 74% of the local population held high school diplomas. In this respect, Hammond ranks among the bottom 25 cities nationally and is comparable to Salem, Oregon , and Tucson, Arizona . With only 20% of people having

1134-607: Is overlapped by most of the mass media in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, although over-the-air television reception is available. The city has the following news and entertainment media of its own: The Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice operates the Hammond Office in Hammond. The United States Postal Service operates the Hammond Post Office. Hammond is served by five police agencies: The Hammond Police Department

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1188-566: The British at Dartmoor Prison during the Napoleonic Wars . He escaped during a prison riot, made his way back to sea, and later reached New Orleans . Hammond used his savings to buy then-inexpensive land northwest of Lake Pontchartrain . He developed a plantation to cultivate trees, which he made into masts, charcoal, and other products for the maritime industry in New Orleans. He transported

1242-467: The Köppen climate classification system, Hammond has a humid subtropical climate , Cfa on climate maps. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 19,584 people, 6,871 households, and 3,972 families residing in the city. Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU), based in Hammond, is one of the state's regional universities and one of the city's largest employers. It was established in 1925 through

1296-613: The Mississippi River . One floating casino is located on the lake near the downtown area known as the Trop Casino Greenville, with a second just west of the city near the Greenville Bridge known as Harlow's Casino Resort. Chicago Mill and Lumber Co. operated a lumber mill on the lake two-tenths of a mile south of the casino levee parking lot; the mill specialized in making hardwood boxes until it closed. According to

1350-407: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 27.7 square miles (72 km ), of which 26.9 square miles (70 km ) is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km ) (2.82%) is water. As of the 2020 United States Census , there were 29,670 people, 12,142 households, and 7,405 families residing in the city. As of the 2013 American Community Survey , there were 33,928 people living in

1404-562: The 9th century. The people in this region were influenced by the larger Mississippian culture , which built similar ceremonial sites throughout the Mississippi Valley and its tributaries. The historic Natchez people are considered the only contemporary surviving group of the Mississippian culture at the time of European exploration. The Winterville Mounds has been designated as a state park and National Historic Landmark . A museum on

1458-517: The Civil War. The town (the second Greenville, eventually also referred to as Old Greenville by its residents who may not have been familiar with Mississippi's first Greenville, which by then had disappeared) was destroyed during the Union Army's actions related to the siege of Vicksburg . Troops from a Union gunboat landed at Greenville. In retaliation for being fired upon, they burned every building. The inhabitants took refuge in plantation homes of

1512-500: The French explored here, they encountered the historic Natchez people . As part of their colony known as La Louisiane , the French established a settlement at what became Natchez, Mississippi . Other Native American tribes also lived in what is now known as Mississippi. The current city of Greenville is the third in the State to bear the name. The first, (known as Old Greenville ) located to

1566-668: The Greenwood–Greenville rail line for freight traffic. North of Greenville, the Great River Railroad 's line to Rosedale branches off. Circa 2008 there were ten grocery stores operated by ethnic Chinese people . There were 42 such stores in the city in 1951, but since then there had been a flight of ethnic Chinese from the Delta. Most of Greenville is served by the Greenville Public School District , while

1620-467: The Hammond metropolitan statistical area , which includes all of Tangipahoa Parish and is a part of the Baton Rouge-Hammond combined statistical area. The city is named for Peter Hammond (1798–1870), the surname anglicized from Peter av Hammerdal (Peter of Hammerdal) — a Swedish immigrant known as the first European settler, arriving around 1818. Peter, a sailor, had been briefly imprisoned by

1674-485: The Southeastern tribes to Indian Territory during the following decade. After it became necessary to move the county seat of Washington County in 1844 due to loss of land to the newly formed Issaquena County, the not-yet established second Greenville was designated to be the future county seat and finally became so upon its founding in 1847. American William W. Blanton filed for land from the United States government and

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1728-413: The U.S. Army established and used the 15,216-acre (61.58 km ) Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range east of the city. In the early 21st century, Army Corps of Engineers searched for remaining explosives in this area. Today, Hammond is intersected by Interstates 12 and 55 . Its airport has a long runway which serves as a backup landing site for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport . It

1782-447: The U.S. Highway 82 bypass is being constructed to provide a transportation route at the southern end of the Delta, connecting at the new Mississippi River Bridge and ending near Leland. The four-lane Greenville Bridge , a $ 206 million cable-stayed span crossing the Mississippi River into Arkansas , opened in 2010, replacing the two-lane Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge , which opened in 1940. The Columbus and Greenville Railway operates

1836-415: The area selected was within property owned by Mrs. Harriet Blanton Theobald . She welcomed the idea of a new Greenville, and donated land for schools, churches and public buildings. She was called the " Mother of Greenville ". Major Richard O’Hea, who had planned the wartime defense fortifications at Vicksburg, was hired to lay out the new town. Greenville recovered prosperity, still based on cotton, despite

1890-470: The area, launching the town's emergence as a commercial and transport center. The point where the railroad met the trail to Springfield was at first known as Hammond's Crossing . During the Civil War, the city was a shoe-making center for the Confederate States Army . Charles Emery Cate developed the shoe industry after buying land in the city in 1860 for his home, a shoe factory, a tannery, and

1944-456: The area. When the war ended, veterans of Mississippi regiments returned to find Greenville in a state of ruin. The former residents soon decided to build again. They chose a new site (the third, current Greenville) three miles away, at the highest point on the Mississippi River between the towns of Vicksburg and Memphis . Much of the land belonged to the Roach and Blanton families; the major part of

1998-561: The city was 28.92% White , 69.60% Black , 0.07% Native American , 0.71% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.20% from other races , and 0.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.71% of the population. There were 14,784 households, out of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.8% were married couples living together, 27.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. Of all households, 25.8% were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who

2052-672: The city's cultural resources is the Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum . This is one of the destinations on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail . Southeastern took over the Columbia Theatre in the designated Hammond Historic District to use as a downtown cultural venue. The former movie theater was constructed in 1928 and renovated by the university in the 1990s for $ 5.6 million. On August 29, 2021, Hammond suffered

2106-505: The city. 75.9% were African American , 21.7% White , 0.0% Native American , 0.8% Asian , 0.9% from some other race and 0.7% from two or more races . 1.2% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2000, there were 41,633 people, 18,784 households, and 14,422 families living in the city. The population density was 1,548.8 inhabitants per square mile (598.0/km ). There were 16,251 housing units at an average density of 604.6 per square mile (233.4/km ). The racial makeup of

2160-463: The city. The racial makeup of the city was 59.41% (26,867) Black or African American , 39.54% (17,881) White , 0.08% (37) Native American , 0.41% (185) Asian , and 0.01% (4) from other races . 0.56% (252) were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Greenville Mid Delta Regional Airport , located in unincorporated Washington County , northeast of downtown Greenville, serves the city and the Mississippi Delta region. Commercial passenger air service

2214-415: The decline in world markets for this commodity. In the early 20th century, its elite families had considerable political influence in the state, and US Senator Leroy Percy was from here. Several residences and other buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places . It was a center of Delta culture in the early 20th century. This city adapted

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2268-621: The early 21st century, the Mississippi Blues Commission was established to commemorate this music in the state's history and culture. It has identified sites throughout the Delta as part of the Mississippi Blues Trail . Southern Whispers Restaurant on Nelson Street in Greenville was the second site identified on this trail; this was a stop on the Chitlin' Circuit in the early days of the blues. The historic marker in front of

2322-876: The efforts of the educator Linus A. Sims , then principal of Hammond High School. The city is also home to Northshore Technical Community College. There are also two vocational colleges in the city, Petra College and Compass Career College, both of which offer allied health and medical certifications. The city's public schools are part of the Tangipahoa Parish School System and include Hammond High Magnet School , Hammond Junior High, Eastside Elementary, Westside Elementary, SLU Laboratory School, and Crystal Academy (an alternative school). The Catholic Church operates two schools in Hammond: Holy Ghost Catholic School (pre-kindergarten through 8th grades) and Saint Thomas Aquinas High School , which

2376-479: The entrance vestibule in the corner where the wings meet. Added in the 1920s, it appears to be constructed of standard commercially available members. This article about a property in Louisiana on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hammond, Louisiana Hammond is home to Southeastern Louisiana University . It is the principal city of

2430-537: The first Greenville, from the eastern and Upper South states, seeking land for developing cotton plantations, and this area became a trading center for the region's plantations. In 1830 the United States Congress passed the Indian Removal Act , which authorized the government to make treaties to extinguish Native American land claims in exchange for lands west of the Mississippi River. They forced most of

2484-431: The former site to serve as industrial fill . African Americans in the Delta developed rich varieties of innovative music. Nelson Street is a historic strip of blues clubs that drew crowds in the 1940s and 1950s to the flourishing club scene to hear Delta blues , big band , jump blues and jazz . Record companies came to Greenville to recruit talent. It was similar to Beale Street in mid-20th century Memphis . In

2538-630: The goods by oxcart to the head of navigation on the Natalbany River at Springfield . He held at least 30 enslaved African Americans before the Civil War . Hammond lost his wealth during the war, as Union soldiers raided his property. In 1854, the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad (later the Illinois Central Railroad , now Canadian National Railway ) came through

2592-469: The grounds displays artifacts recovered in professional excavations and adds to the interpretation of this complex, and the park has walking trails. It is located about 3 miles north of the city. It can be reached at 2415 Highway 1 N. The movies Crossroads (1986) and The Reivers (1969) were filmed in Greenville. Also, the 1975 song " Mississippi " by the Dutch band Pussycat mentions Greenville throughout

2646-550: The plantations. Washington County's two previous county seats, New Mexico and Princeton , were located along the Mississippi River and had been eroded by the waters, to the point that they were destroyed. As county seat, Greenville was the trading, business, and cultural center for the large cotton plantations that surrounded it. Most plantations were located directly on the Mississippi and other major navigable tributaries. The interior bottomlands were not developed until after

2700-425: The restaurant commemorates its importance in the history of the blues in Mississippi. In 2020 the city ordered churches to shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and issued citations and fines to those attending a drive-in church gathering. The U.S. Justice Department intervened on behalf of the church. Greenville is located on the eastern bank of Lake Ferguson, an oxbow lake left from an old channel of

2754-545: The south near Natchez , was the Jefferson County seat from 1803-1825 but became defunct soon after the American Revolution , as European-American settlement was then still concentrated in the eastern states. This ghost town was in no way related to the second Greenville except that they eventually shared a name. Many migrants came to the area of the future, second Greenville, located approximately 150 miles north of

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2808-463: The southbound and northbound daily City of New Orleans schedules have afternoon stops in Hammond, so Amtrak Superliner trains are a common sight. About 15,000 passengers use the station every year. Many are coming from or going to Baton Rouge, some 40 miles (64 km) west. The Queen Anne-style station (1912), situated at the center of town, was renovated in 2008, with an ADA-compliant platform added soon after that. Part of Hammond's success

2862-450: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.34. In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.4% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.5 males. The median income for

2916-499: Was granted section four, township eighteen, range eight west; this plot now constitutes most of current downtown Greenville (the third). It was named by its founders for General Nathanael Greene , friend of President George Washington , for whom the county was named. This Greenville was thriving hamlet in the antebellum years, as cotton plantations developed in the area generated high profits for major planters. They used indentured Whites, captured Indians and African slaves as farmhands on

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