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Ghost town · Los Angeles County, California
Gaspur is a ghost town in Los Angeles County, California. It is one of 29 former communities in Los Angeles County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Gaspur as a historical populated place on the Long Beach 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 33.7814° N, 118.2212° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Long Beach |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 10 ft |
| Nearest living town | Long Beach, CA |
| Distance to it | 3 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1670077 |
| Coordinates | 33.78141, -118.22118 |
What's there now
Gaspur is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Long Beach, CA (population 458,491), about 3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 10 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Lions Lighthouselighthouse · Los Angeles County · 2.1 mi
- Long Beach Lightlighthouse · Los Angeles County · 4.5 mi
- Los Angeles Harbor Lightlighthouse · Los Angeles County · 5.3 mi
- Point Fermin Lightlighthouse · Los Angeles County · 6.7 mi
- Point Vicente Lightlighthouse · Los Angeles County · 11.2 mi
- Sugarghost town · Orange County · 13.2 mi
- Northamghost town · Orange County · 14.5 mi
- Hyperionghost town · Los Angeles County · 15.7 mi
- Evergreenghost town · Los Angeles County · 16.3 mi
- Palisades Del Reyghost town · Los Angeles County · 16.6 mi
- Holtonghost town · Los Angeles County · 17.2 mi
- Motordromeghost town · Los Angeles County · 18 mi
Questions
Where is Gaspur?
Gaspur is in Los Angeles County, California, at 33.7814, -118.2212.
How many ghost towns are in Los Angeles County?
Los Angeles County, California has 29 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.