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Lusks Mills

Ghost town · Parke County, Indiana

Wallace quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:24,000)
Wallace quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lusks Mills is a ghost town in Parke County, Indiana. It is one of 4 former communities in Parke County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 33 Indiana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lusks Mills as a historical populated place on the Wallace topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.8939° N, 87.1814° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWallace
Elevation543 ft
Nearest living townMarshall, IN
Distance to it3.2 miles
GNIS feature ID452171
Coordinates39.89393, -87.18140

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What's there now

Lusks Mills is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Marshall, IN (population 340), about 3.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 543 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Lusks Mills?

Lusks Mills is in Parke County, Indiana, at 39.8939, -87.1814.

How many ghost towns are in Parke County?

Parke County, Indiana has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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