CALL US
469-707-9877
Downtown Realty
Tangipahoa Real Estate Experts
Downtown Realty
Downtown Realty
122 West Pine StreetPonchatoula Louisiana 70454United States
(985) 467-7355
Business Description
With a combined 20+ years in real estate business our team is fully equipped to give you the best services when it comes to all your real estate needs. We have the right team member to help you whether you are looking to buy, sell, invest, flip homes, or lease.
Business Hours
People Love
About Ponchatoula
Ponchatoula is the second-largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. The population was 6,559 at the 2010 census and 7,545 at the time of the 2020 population estimates program. == Etymology == It is speculated that the name is derived from the Choctaw words Pashi meaning "hair" and perhaps itula or itola meaning "to fall" or "to hang" or "flowing" in the Choctaw language == History == PONCHATOULA ESTABLISHED The city of Ponchatoula was founded when the railroad from Jackson, Mississippi to New Orleans was constructed through this area in the 1850's. The New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad Company hired an experienced civil engineer, James B. Clarke (ca. 1809-1861) to survey the projected railroad route, establish railroad depot sites, buy timber for bridges and railroad ties, and do the other tasks necessary to construct the railroad. Finding that there was an unclaimed section of land north of the Manchac swamp, Clarke located a railroad depot near the first dry land after leaving the swamp. Mr. Clarke purchased this one square mile section of land from the state of Louisiana in two installments in December 1852 and January 1853. He surveyed this land and laid out a town in 1853 using the familiar grid system with streets running east–west named for native trees, and north–south streets numbered one through nine. He called his new development "Ponchatoula" after the Ponchatoula River located a couple of miles west of the new settlement.