Spokane, LA

Spokane is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 378 residents. Spokane is located in northeastern Concordia Parish on the southwest side of Lake St. John, an oxbow lake that is a former channel of the Mississippi River. Louisiana State Highway 568 leads southwest from Spokane 7 miles to Ferriday. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Spokane, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Spokane, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map.