Tickfaw Louisiana Map
Tickfaw, Louisiana — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Tickfaw, Tangipahoa Parish.
Interactive Map of Tickfaw, Louisiana
| City | Tickfaw |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | Tangipahoa Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.577412 |
| Longitude | -90.483146 |
| Population | 857 |
| Density | 205.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Tickfaw, Louisiana
Tickfaw is a locality in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 857. The population density is 205.7 people per km². Tickfaw is located at 30.5774°N, 90.4831°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70466.
Tickfaw rests on land that remembers the slow, deliberate flow of water, a gentle sag in the Louisiana terrain where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 5.2 miles north-north-west of Hammond, LA (from Hammond, LA: bearing 345°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-north-west of Ponchatoula. Cypress knees, like gnarled knuckles, break the surface of the shallow, tea-colored bayous that thread through the landscape, their reflections blurring the dense green of the surrounding foliage. Sunlight, when it penetrates the canopy, falls in shifting, golden coins on the spongy ground, illuminating the unseen life that hums and rustles just beyond the visible. The very character of Tickfaw is shaped by this liquid embrace, a quiet persistence in the face of humidity that clings like a second skin. The history of Tickfaw is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring agricultural pulse of the region, a legacy of sugarcane and cotton fields that once stretched to the horizon. This rhythm continues, though the economy has diversified, with trucking and local businesses now supporting the community, reflecting a broader shift in the rural South. There are whispers of older times, of the French and Spanish influences that shaped the very names of the bayous and creeks, a subtle layering of cultures beneath the surface of everyday life. For those who call Tickfaw home, there's a shared understanding, an unspoken connection to the land and its slow, enduring story, a quiet pride in their particular corner of Tangipahoa Parish.
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About This Tickfaw Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Tickfaw, Louisiana with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Tickfaw and Tangipahoa Parish. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Tickfaw is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Tickfaw is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
