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Spider

Ghost town · De Soto County, Louisiana

Logansport quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1944, 1:62,500)
Logansport quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1944, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Spider is a ghost town in De Soto County, Louisiana. It is one of 15 former communities in De Soto County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 54 Louisiana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Spider as a historical populated place on the Hunter 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 31.9524° N, 93.7777° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHunter
Elevation323 ft
Nearest living townSouth Mansfield, LA
Distance to it5.7 miles
GNIS feature ID545665
Coordinates31.95239, -93.77768

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What's there now

Spider is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is South Mansfield, LA (population 500), about 5.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 323 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 Spider?

Spider is in De Soto County, Louisiana, at 31.9524, -93.7777.

How many ghost towns are in De Soto County?

De Soto County, Louisiana has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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