Lusks Mills
Ghost town · Parke County, Indiana

Lusks Mills is a ghost town in Parke County, Indiana. It is one of 4 former communities in Parke County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 33 Indiana counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lusks Mills as a historical populated place on the Wallace 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 39.8939° N, 87.1814° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Wallace |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 543 ft |
| Nearest living town | Marshall, IN |
| Distance to it | 3.2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 452171 |
| Coordinates | 39.89393, -87.18140 |
What's there now
Lusks Mills is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Marshall, IN (population 340), about 3.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 543 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Narrows Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 0.3 mi
- Cox Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 2.3 mi
- Wilkins Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 2.8 mi
- JH Russell Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 4.3 mi
- Jackson Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 5.4 mi
- Portland Mills Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 5.4 mi
- Pottertownghost town · Parke County · 6.1 mi
- Wallace Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Fountain County · 6.6 mi
- Rush Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 7.1 mi
- Deer's Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Montgomery County · 7.4 mi
- Marshall Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 7.7 mi
- Catlin Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 7.7 mi
Questions
Where is Lusks Mills?
Lusks Mills is in Parke County, Indiana, at 39.8939, -87.1814.
How many ghost towns are in Parke County?
Parke County, Indiana has 4 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.