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Ghost Towns of Louisiana
Louisiana loses towns to water and oil in equal measure: cypress logging camps, sugar landings, and coastal villages that storms, subsidence, and the retreating shoreline have taken — some within living memory.
1,220 sites surveyed across Louisiana — 1 charted with full records so far, entered by year of settlement. The rest are awaiting verification.
✕Charted — click for the recordSurveyed — records pending
Survey note
The federal place-name archive records 1,220 vanished or historical sites in Louisiana — ghost towns, mining camps, townsites, and railroad stops. We chart them a few at a time, as the records can be verified. Every mark on this map is a place that once had a name.
TownYearsLast pop.Classification
LongleafRapides Co.Historic TownsiteSociety Pro
See Louisiana as the surveyors drew it, 1879 to 1919
179 USGS survey sheets from those years cover Louisiana. Pro lays them over today's map with a swipe between then and now, and adds every mine feature, lost place and mineral site the federal record holds for the state.
2,429mine features
601mineral sites
1,736lost places
179survey sheets
The full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in Louisiana — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
Abbie JoeBeauregard Co.AdoisNatchitoches Co.AlbanyCaddo Co.AlonzoWinn Co.AltonConcordia Co.AmbrosiaEast Baton Rouge Co.AmeheAssumption Co.AshridgeConcordia Co.AshvilleTensas Co.AuldsCaddo Co.AveritLincoln Co.AzemaSt. Martin Co.BaggettBeauregard Co.BalizePlaquemines Co.BannisterBeauregard Co.BarrozaWest Baton Rouge Co.BaselWest Feliciana Co.BeechWinn Co.BellamyWashington Co.Belle ChaneyEvangeline Co.Bells StoreEast Feliciana Co.Ben HurEast Baton Rouge Co.BenhamEast Carroll Co.BillisGrant Co.BingenWest Feliciana Co.Black BayouCaddo Co.Black CreekGrant Co.Black RiverConcordia Co.BoatnerJackson Co.BonnerLincoln Co.BougereSt. John the Baptist Co.BrabstonConcordia Co.BrashearsEast Baton Rouge Co.BrodnaxMorehouse Co.BrooklynJackson Co.BrownIberville Co.BrownvillePointe Coupee Co.BrunettEast Carroll Co.BryanBienville Co.BuckhornWebster Co.BuncombeCaddo Co.BundickBeauregard Co.BungaloCaddo Co.BurbankAssumption Co.BurgessvilleLincoln Co.BurlingtonEast Baton Rouge Co.BurrwoodPlaquemines Co.BurtonSt. James Co.ButlerDe Soto Co.Camp FiveWashington Co.Camp SevenWashington Co.Camp SixWashington Co.Cane RidgeUnion Co.CarmeniaSabine Co.CarrollUnion Co.CartvilleAcadia Co.CaspariNatchitoches Co.CatalpaWest Feliciana Co.CauseyMorehouse Co.Cedar GroveIberville Co.ChappelSt. Landry Co.ChasmoreVernon Co.Cherry RidgeUnion Co.ChopinSt. James Co.Cinclare LandingWest Baton Rouge Co.CincoSt. Martin Co.ClaytonUnion Co.Clear LakeNatchitoches Co.CleoraMorehouse Co.CockfieldNatchitoches Co.CoeAcadia Co.CognacNatchitoches Co.Colomb ParkSt. James Co.ColsonsUnion Co.ColumbusSabine Co.ConnellsWebster Co.ConsuellaTensas Co.ConverseWest Feliciana Co.CoochieConcordia Co.CookDe Soto Co.CooperCaldwell Co.CressSt. James Co.CrockettWinn Co.CruselSt. Martin Co.CumnockWashington Co.CurryWinn Co.DaisyPlaquemines Co.DalleyJackson Co.DavisSt. Charles Co.DavisLaSalle Co.De SotoDe Soto Co.DeatsAvoyelles Co.DelanoSt. Landry Co.DixieTensas Co.DoletteDe Soto Co.DonaDe Soto Co.DoraAvoyelles Co.DossMorehouse Co.DreyfusIberville Co.DriscollBienville Co.Duck PortMadison Co.DukeSt. John the Baptist Co.DysonWashington Co.EdenPointe Coupee Co.Elliot CityPointe Coupee Co.ElmwoodDe Soto Co.EpneyTangipahoa Co.EudoraDe Soto Co.EvartBeauregard Co.EverettVernon Co.FaleauLafourche Co.FayWinn Co.FayetteBeauregard Co.FazendeSt. Bernard Co.FeastervilleLincoln Co.FilipinoPlaquemines Co.FitzgeraldRapides Co.Flowery MoundConcordia Co.FordsAllen Co.Forest GlenSt. Tammany Co.ForstallSt. James Co.Fort Saint PhillipPlaquemines Co.FortsonDe Soto Co.FredericksburgCaldwell Co.FrisbieSt. Landry Co.FriscoWest Baton Rouge Co.FrithsAvoyelles Co.Frog LevelCaddo Co.FuldaWest Feliciana Co.GarfieldCaddo Co.GarnettGrant Co.GauthierSt. Martin Co.GearyAscension Co.GivensGrant Co.GlasscockConcordia Co.GlynvillePointe Coupee Co.GondronIberia Co.GonsoulinIberia Co.GrahamRapides Co.Grand Bayou VillagePlaquemines Co.Grand PrairiePlaquemines Co.Grand ViewSt. James Co.GrantGrant Co.GreensboroLincoln Co.GuilbeauxLafayette Co.Gum RidgeAvoyelles Co.HagenNatchitoches Co.HalcyonDe Soto Co.HamlinSabine Co.HammellRed River Co.HaydelSt. John the Baptist Co.HazelSt. Martin Co.HendersonEast Carroll Co.Henry CityTangipahoa Co.HenryvilleNatchitoches Co.Hickory SpringsJackson Co.HobsonRapides Co.HopevilleEast Baton Rouge Co.HostetterTangipahoa Co.HoustonAllen Co.HoyBeauregard Co.HugginsWashington Co.HumphriesAscension Co.HuntBienville Co.InscoBeauregard Co.IrvingsWashington Co.IslingtonMadison Co.Jackson RoadEast Feliciana Co.JacksonvilleVernon Co.JenaTangipahoa Co.JewellaCaddo Co.JohnIberia Co.JuliaWashington Co.KatieTangipahoa Co.KelleyAvoyelles Co.Kelly FrontWinn Co.Kents StoreEast Feliciana Co.KerneSt. Landry Co.KincaidRapides Co.KirkvilleTangipahoa Co.KnightvilleNatchitoches Co.KnowlesLincoln Co.LafayetteOrleans Co.LakewoodTangipahoa Co.LandryLafayette Co.LaneCaddo Co.LebanonEast Carroll Co.LenoirDe Soto Co.LinsberryRed River Co.Little FarmsJefferson Co.Little RiverLivingston Co.Little RockPlaquemines Co.LodiAcadia Co.LoquerSt. Charles Co.Los AdaesNatchitoches Co.LouisvilleAscension Co.LucernaConcordia Co.LuckettTensas Co.LylesRapides Co.Maddens SpurRed River Co.MagdaRapides Co.MalarcherSt. James Co.ManisteeGrant Co.MannheimWest Feliciana Co.ManningBienville Co.MarburyvilleTangipahoa Co.MarionvilleAllen Co.MarkWest Baton Rouge Co.MarstonWashington Co.MasonTangipahoa Co.McCoyCaddo Co.McDonaldAvoyelles Co.McGeheeWest Feliciana Co.MeadGrant Co.MilfordRapides Co.MillerfieldTensas Co.Millikens BendMadison Co.MilneburgOrleans Co.MineralDe Soto Co.MinnieSt. James Co.MitchWashington Co.MoelingAllen Co.MorrisGrant Co.Mount ZionJackson Co.Mulberry HillWinn Co.MuseRapides Co.MyattOuachita Co.Myrtle GroveTerrebonne Co.NaplesAvoyelles Co.NashJackson Co.NesomEast Feliciana Co.NetpinunshSt. Mary Co.New CarthageTensas Co.New DarbonneSt. Landry Co.New HopeLafourche Co.NewmanBienville Co.NibotAvoyelles Co.NicholleSt. James Co.NichollsPlaquemines Co.NicholsCaddo Co.NicksAvoyelles Co.NitramVernon Co.NottSt. Tammany Co.OdenRapides Co.OdomRapides Co.Old MontgomeryGrant Co.Old Mount PleasantCaldwell Co.Old NewportWinn Co.OmoEvangeline Co.OrizaAcadia Co.OrrEast Baton Rouge Co.OshkoshNatchitoches Co.OvertonWebster Co.PalomaEast Feliciana Co.ParagonDe Soto Co.Pecan GroveSt. Charles Co.PhillipsGrant Co.PhillipstonPointe Coupee Co.PinegroveRapides Co.PlacidWebster Co.PlantersvilleMorehouse Co.Pleasant HillWinn Co.Point PleasantPlaquemines Co.Pont BruleeSt. Martin Co.Port JacksonEast Feliciana Co.Port UnionUnion Co.Prairie HomeWinn Co.PricetownJefferson Co.PurvisSt. Landry Co.QuarantinePlaquemines Co.RaccourciPointe Coupee Co.RandallPointe Coupee Co.RavenwoodLafourche Co.RearwoodAscension Co.RecknorSabine Co.Red DirtNatchitoches Co.RedwineLincoln Co.RichlandRapides Co.RitchieAcadia Co.RobertdaleEast Carroll Co.RockSabine Co.Rose HillWest Baton Rouge Co.Saint MaloSt. Bernard Co.SaltWinn Co.Sanfords CampWashington Co.SantiagoGrant Co.Sardine Point SettlementWest Baton Rouge Co.SarpySt. Charles Co.SartoriRapides Co.SaughyConcordia Co.ScotlandConcordia Co.Second LakeSt. Landry Co.SeibertPointe Coupee Co.ShawIberia Co.Shiloh LandingUnion Co.ShirleyAvoyelles Co.ShullLincoln Co.SmithWinn Co.SomersSt. Landry Co.SongySt. John the Baptist Co.SpiderDe Soto Co.StamboulEast Carroll Co.StarAvoyelles Co.StarlingEast Baton Rouge Co.StewartAvoyelles Co.StonewallsRapides Co.StonypointEast Baton Rouge Co.SumpterLincoln Co.SunbeamEast Feliciana Co.Sutton JunctionVernon Co.SweetvilleBeauregard Co.TeelDe Soto Co.TennantVernon Co.ThomasBienville Co.ThomasRapides Co.TideGrant Co.TimbertonSt. James Co.TimothyWebster Co.TiptonMorehouse Co.TroyEast Feliciana Co.TunicaWinn Co.Turtle LakeConcordia Co.Uncle SamSt. James Co.UniCaddo Co.UtopiaLafourche Co.Valde RougeRapides Co.Van BurenLivingston Co.Vining MillsLincoln Co.ViolaTangipahoa Co.VortexRapides Co.WagsSt. John the Baptist Co.Walnut LaneUnion Co.Wards MillClaiborne Co.WarnicottConcordia Co.WaysideWest Feliciana Co.WebbSt. Landry Co.White HallConcordia Co.WhitleyDe Soto Co.WilbertWest Baton Rouge Co.WilcoxWest Feliciana Co.Williams CornerNatchitoches Co.WilliamsonSt. Landry Co.Wilson PointEast Carroll Co.WinonaWinn Co.WiseLincoln Co.WisesRapides Co.WitchwoodRapides Co.YawnLivingston Co.Zion HillWinn Co.ZuggPointe Coupee Co.