This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Louisiana. It also includes old sawmill towns.
Albany, Caddo Parish
Alco, Vernon Parish: Sawmill town (Longleaf area) on LA 465 east of LA 117[1]
Alma, Pointe Coupee Parish
Alsatia, East Carroll Parish: Located on US 65
Anchor, Pointe Coupee Parish
Ansley, Jackson Parish
Ashmore, Rapides Parish: Sawmill town west of Glenmora on Ashmore Road[2]
Atchafalaya, St. Martin Parish
Atherton, East Carroll Parish: Located on US 65 north of Transylvania
Barham, Vernon Parish: Sawmill town, south of Hornbeck on Highway 171. The town was founded when the sawmill of W. R. Pickering began operation.[3]
Bayou Chene, St. Martin Parish
Benson, DeSoto Parish: On the KCS line (and Hwy 171) south of Mansfield and north of Converse
Blanche, Rapides Parish: Sawmill town
Bon Ami, Beauregard Parish: South of Deridder
Burrwood, Plaquemines Parish
Carson, Beauregard Parish: Sawmill town founded in 1901 by Central Coal and Coke Company of Kansas City. Located 5 miles (8.0 km) south of DeRidder on LA 27.
Chasmore, Vernon Parish: Sawmill town located east of Rosepine off Churchman Road[4]
Cheneyville, Rapides Parish: Southeast of Alexandria
Cheniere Caminada, Jefferson Parish: Destroyed during the 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane
Christie, Sabine Pariah: South of Florien on the KCS line and Christie and Eastern Railroad spur to Peason
Cooper, Vernon Parish: Between Leesville and Pickering at Hwy 171 and Cooper Church Road
East Krotz Springs, Pointe Coupee Parish
Elliot City, Pointe Coupee Parish
False River, Pointe Coupee Parish
Fazendeville, St. Bernard Parish
Fisher, Sabine Parish: Sawmill town north of Florien.Boise Cascade bought the mill in 1966 and sold many of the buildings to residents. In 1976 the village started the "Fisher Sawmill Days".[5][6]
Forbin, Caddo Parish: South of Shreveport
Frenier, St. John the Baptist Parish
Frierson, DeSoto Parish
Gandy, Sabine Parish: South of Florien on Highway 171[7]
Good Hope, St. Charles Parish
Grimes, East Carroll Parish: Located on US 65 south of Transylvania
Hawthorn, Vernon Parish: North of Leesville off U.S. Route 171, on Hawthorn Road on KCS line[8]
Holdup, Rapides Parish: Sawmill town between Forest Hill and Lecompte
Hollingworth, DeSoto Parish: North of Mansfield)
Hollybrook, East Carroll Parish: Located on US 65, south of Lake Providence
Houston or (Houston River), Calcasieu Parish: On the KCS line between Dequincy and Lake Charles on Louisiana Highway 27 as shown on the 1906 KCS map
Hutton, Vernon Parish: Sawmill town between Alco and Seiper on La 465[9]
Kingston, DeSoto Parish
Kurthwood, Vernon Parish: Sawmill town, north of Leesville, just off LA 117 on La 465, east of historic Alco[10]
La Balize, Plaquemines Parish
Laurel Valley Village, Lafourche Parish[11]
Lecompte, Rapides Parish: Sawmill town and location of the Pegram Plantation House
Lockport Junction, Calcasieu Parish: On the KCS line between Lake Charles and DeQuincy on Hwy 27
Longleaf or (Long Leaf), Rapides Parish: Sawmill town that includes the 57-acre (23 ha) Southern Forest Heritage Museum.[12][13] Located on LA 497, which parallels U.S. 165 between Glenmora and Forest Hill.[14]
Longville, Beauregard Parish: Sawmill town
Loring, Sabine Parish: Located on the KCS line between Zwolle and Many on Hwy 171
McNary, Rapides Parish: Sawmill town on LA 497. Borders the city limits of Glenmora.[15]
Meridian, Evangeline Parish: Sawmill town
Morrisonville, Iberville Parish
Morrows, Rapides Parish: Southeast of Alexandria)
Neame, Vernon Parish (previously known as Keith): Sawmill town that resulted from the building of a sawmill by the Central Coal & Coke Company of Kansas City, Missouri. Located 3.8 miles (6.1 km) north of Rosepine, the mill property was situated on both sides of current US 171. An abandoned cemetery with 24 identifiable graves, among forest trees on a tract of land on the west side of the highway below the W.D. Chip Mill, and a decayed cemetery and sawmill pond on the east side of the highway, are all that remains of the town.[16]
Omega, Madison Parish: Located off US 65, northeast of Talla Bena, on Omega Road
Palmers Mill, Sabine Parish: Located between Converse and Zwolle
Pawnee, Allen Parish: Sawmill town 5.5 miles NNE of Oakdale on U.S. Route 165[17]
Peason, Sabine Parish: Sawmill town located on LA 118 north of Peason Ridge Wildlife Management Area[18][19][20]
Pickering, Vernon Parish: On the KCS line, south of Leesville at the intersection of Louisiana Hwy 10. Founded and named after W.R. Pickering.
Pitkin, Vernon Parish
Red River Landing, Pointe Coupee Parish
Roosevelt, East Carroll Parish: On US 65 south of Transylvania
Ruddock, St. John the Baptist
Seiper, Rapides Parish: Sawmill town located on LA 465[21]
Sherburne, Pointe Coupee Parish
Sondheimer, East Carroll Parish
Talla Bena, East Carroll Parish: Southeast of Sondheimer on US 65 and on the Delta Southern Railroad
Torras, Pointe Coupee Parish
Turner, Calcasieu Parish: On the KCS line between DeQuincy and Lake Charles on LA 27
Victoria, Natchitoches Parish
Ward, Allen Parish: Sawmill town
Waterloo, Pointe Coupee Parish
^Alco
^Google maps: Ashmore
^Barham- Retrieved 2017-12-03
^Chasmore- Retrieved 2017-12-03
^Google books: The Pelican Guide to Louisiana- (by Sternberg, Mary Ann pp. 48) Retrieved 2017-12-03
^Fisher Sawmill Days-Retrieved 2017-12-03
^Gandy- Retrieved 2017-12-03
^Google Maps; Hawthorn- Retrieved 2017-12-03
^Hutton- Retrieved 2017-12-03
^Kurthwood- Retrieved 2017-12-03
^Laurel Valley Village- Retrieved 2017-12-03 [dead link] Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
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