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Wards Mill

Ghost town · Claiborne County, Louisiana

Bernice quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500)
Bernice quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Wards Mill is a ghost town in Claiborne County, Louisiana. It is the only former community in Claiborne County recorded on the federal names register, out of 366 across Louisiana.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Wards Mill as a historical populated place on the Lillie 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 32.9871° N, 92.7396° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLillie
Elevation202 ft
Nearest living townJunction City, LA
Distance to it1.7 miles
GNIS feature ID548735
Coordinates32.98708, -92.73960

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What's there now

Wards Mill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Junction City, LA (population 441), about 1.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 202 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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