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Welcome to Katie ...

So far, we found very little information about Katie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Katie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Katie, please Contact Us.

Katie would have been located within present day Tangipahoa Parish<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Katie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Katie is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Katie was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Katie was located: 985

Communities Also Named Katie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Katie - it's located in Oklahoma.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Katie.

Communities near Katie ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Katie.

  • Hammond
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hammond is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,359 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <4>
  • Mandeville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Covington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Ponchatoula
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Abita Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Independence
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Killian
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Killian is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
  • Albany
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Albany is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <4>
  • Folsom
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Folsom is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 871 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <4>
  • Madisonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Katie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Katie.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Katie. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Katie.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Katie. See our Newspapers Page for Katie.

Adding Katie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Katie in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Katie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Katie post office opened in 1889. The Katie post office closed in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Katie.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Katie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Tangipahoa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Katie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/