Greenlaw, Louisiana

Greenlaw is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 17 miles (27.36 kilometres) N of Amite City, Louisiana.

Greenlaw, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°59′04″N 90°29′05″W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Tangipahoa
Elevation	259 ft (79 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	985
GNIS feature ID	554619 [1]
FIPS code	22-31460

Name origin

The community is named after a local sawmill owned by Edward Runnels Greenlaw who owned and operated the Greenlaw Lumber Company.^[2][3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greenlaw, Louisiana
2. Who's who in Louisiana and Mississippi: Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women of Louisiana and Mississippi. The Times-Picayune. 1918. pp. 106–.
3. Ron Barthet. "Greenlaw Lumber Company In Ramsay". tammanyfamily.blogspot.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.