Where is Campti located?
Q: Where is Campti located?
A: Campti is located in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Q: What is the population of Campti according to the 2000 census?
A: The population of Campti was 1,057 according to the 2000 census.
Q: What is the geography of Campti like?
A: Campti is a flat area of mostly farmland and it sits on the eastern bank of the Red River.
Q: What is the ethnic composition of Campti?
A: Campti is some 75 percent African American in population, but Lakeview Junior and Senior High School, located east of Campti, has an enrollment that is 55 percent white.
Q: Where is Lakeview Junior and Senior High School located?
A: Lakeview Junior and Senior High School is located east of Campti on Louisiana Highway 9.
Q: What happened to Campti during the American Civil War?
A: 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.
Q: Where were the gunboats returned to after their rescue?
A: The gunboats were returned safely upriver to Grand Ecore in Natchitoches Parish after their rescue.
