The Florida Parishes: 1869

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That said parish of Tangipahoa shall be composed of all the territory of said four parishes comprised within the following boundaries, to-wit: Beginning at the point on the State line dividing the States of Louisiana and Mississippi where it is intersected by the meridian section line, one mile west of the meridian line dividing ranges six and seven (east), thence directly south on said section line to the point where it intersects the western prong of the Natalbany creek, thence along the eastern bank of said western prong to the confluence of said prong with the Natalbany river; thence along the eastern bank of said Natalbany river to the point where it empties into the river Tickfaw; thence along the upper bank of the Tickfaw river to where it empties into Lake Maurepas; thence along the upper shore of Lake Maurepas to Pass Manchac; thence eastward along the upper bank of Pass Manchac to Lake Pontchartrain; thence eastward along the upper shore of Lake Pontchartrain to the point where it is intersected by the meridian line dividing ranges nine and ten (east); thence north on said line to the point where it intersects fhe main stream of the river Tchefuncta; thence up along the western bank of said river to the head waters thereof in township two, south of range nine east, in Washington parish; thence in a northwest line to the meridian line dividing ranges eight and nine (east); thence north on said line to the dividing State line; thence west on the State line to the point of beginning.

1864 map