Ghost Towns in Louisiana

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Fort Livingston

Jefferson Parish • Est. 1834

Fort Livingston was built to defend approaches to New Orleans after the War of 1812. It never saw combat and was abandoned after the Civil War. The br...

Frenier

St. John the Baptist Parish • Est. 1870s

Frenier was a fishing village on Lake Pontchartrain destroyed by the 1915 hurricane—one of the deadliest in Louisiana history. Legend says Julia Brown...

Richmond

Madison Parish • Est. 1831

Richmond was the original seat of Madison Parish—but the Mississippi River kept flooding it. Eventually the parish seat moved to drier ground at Tallu...