Campti, Louisiana

Campti, Louisiana
Town
Natchitoches Parish Library off Hwy 71/84
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish
Elevation	128 ft (39.0 m)
Coordinates	31°53′44″N 93°06′50″W / 31.89556°N 93.11389°W / 31.89556; -93.11389Coordinates: 31°53′44″N 93°06′50″W / 31.89556°N 93.11389°W / 31.89556; -93.11389
Area	1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2)
- land	1.0 sq mi (3 km2)
- water	0.0 sq mi (0 km2), 0%
Population	1,057 (2000)
Density	1,080.2/sq mi (417.1/km2)
Timezone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP Code	71411
Area code	318
Location of Campti in Louisiana
Location of Louisiana in the United States

Campti is a small town in , Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,057 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Micropolitan Statistical Area. Campti is a flat area of mostly farmland. It sets on the eastern bank of the Red River. Considerable cattle are also raised in the general area.

Lakeview Junior and Senior High School, a modern consolidated school structure housing pre-kindergarten and grades nine through twelve, is located east of Campti on Louisiana Highway 9. The school is 55 percent white in enrollment, but Campti itself is some 75 percent African American in population. Students from as far north as attend Lakeview.

During the American Civil War, Union General A.J. Smith, with two brigades, reached Campti to assist Admiral David Dixon Porter's trapped gunboats on the Red River there. Smith and his men burned Campti, which then contained only a few buildings and houses. The gunboats were returned safely upriver to Grand Ecore in .

Tradition maintains that the name "Campti" was derived from the name of a Caddo Indian Chief "Le Roi Campti" (The King Campti). Church records in Natchitoches show that Father Valentin visited the community of Campti around 1745, and this was the first written record of Campti's existence during the French Louisiana.

Campti is located at 31°53′44″N 93°6′50″W / 31.89556°N 93.11389°W / 31.89556; -93.11389 (31.895511, -93.113966).