Sherburne, Louisiana

Sherburne is a ghost town located in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States in the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge.

Overview

Sherburne was founded as a logging camp and sawmill town in the 1880s on the Atchafalaya River in the Atchafalaya Basin using the abundant trees in the region. It is unknown how many residents there were and the town was abandoned in the early 1900s after the last of the trees were cut down. By the 1930s the final trees were cut down and the town was permanently abandoned.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Sherburne - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.


Coordinates: 30°30′54″N 91°43′08″W / 30.51500°N 91.71889°W / 30.51500; -91.71889

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