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African American, reflecting the
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also lived in Campti and the area. They were known to be related to several of the longtime white families, who acknowledged them, and they were generally well accepted. According to one authority on this area, they lived nearly as white. At least nine men of color, and likely more, enlisted in the
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394:'s scattered troops had been harassing the Union fleet but quickly retreated as Smith's overwhelming force arrived on April 13, 1864. Smith and his men burned what was left of Campti, on April 14, 1864. The gunboats were returned safely upriver to
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75:Location of Louisiana in the United States
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880:Lakeview Junior-Senior High School
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921:: ship named after the town
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1140:"U.S. Census website"
1115:"Explore Census Data"
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433:31.89556°N 93.11389°W
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1579:United States portal
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895:Maxine Brown Russell
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1419:Point Place
1414:Marthaville
1294:Parish seat
1234:January 21,
1175:January 18,
1165:"US Census"
1149:January 31,
1042:Baton Rouge
1003:October 30,
955:January 13,
823:other races
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719:Percentage
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436: /
396:Grand Ecore
384:A. J. Smith
317:2010 census
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1595:Categories
926:References
903:The Browns
808:As of the
796:As of the
421:31°53′44″N
212:Population
158:Government
91:93°06′50″W
88:31°53′44″N
1557:Footnotes
1530:Readhimer
1391:Provencal
1230:. Msn.com
1191:"Schools"
1077:April 23,
977:March 20,
919:(YTB-816)
871:Education
424:93°6′50″W
410:Geography
338:Etymology
328:Red River
313:Louisiana
294:FIPS code
282:Area code
234:Time zone
204:Elevation
127:Louisiana
1548:Westlake
1543:Victoria
1503:Hagewood
1460:Chestnut
1453:Bellwood
1396:Robeline
1386:Powhatan
1376:Goldonna
1371:Clarence
1358:Villages
1056:, p. 359
1048:, 1963,
949:Archived
910:See also
827:Hispanic
779:Hispanic
298:22-12280
271:ZIP Code
1512:Melrose
1475:Creston
1456:Bermuda
1381:Natchez
1366:Ashland
1099:June 4,
747:76.55%
716:Number
358:History
142:Founded
116:Country
1465:Chopin
1348:Campti
1200:May 4,
1052:
917:Campti
831:Latino
810:census
790:1.47%
783:Latino
773:3.61%
760:0.68%
733:17.7%
691:−16.0%
646:−13.1%
511:206.9%
466:Census
332:cattle
305:Campti
132:Parish
1539:Timon
1496:Gorum
1491:Flora
1480:Derry
1449:Allen
1434:Other
1020:, in
815:White
725:White
713:Race
676:−0.1%
671:1,056
661:13.8%
656:1,057
631:−0.8%
626:1,069
611:1,078
596:1,045
581:1,014
566:1,004
556:49.1%
380:Union
275:71411
260:UTC-5
239:UTC-6
124:State
1522:Mora
1517:Mink
1444:Ajax
1406:CDPs
1340:Town
1311:City
1236:2019
1215:Home
1202:2019
1177:2014
1151:2008
1126:2021
1101:2015
1079:2011
1050:ISBN
1005:2015
979:2022
957:2024
744:679
730:157
682:2020
667:2010
652:2000
637:1990
622:1980
616:3.2%
607:1970
601:3.1%
592:1960
586:1.0%
577:1950
571:0.5%
562:1940
547:1930
541:0.9%
532:1920
517:1910
502:1890
487:1880
475:Note
470:Pop.
175:Area
153:1857
145:1745
33:Town
829:or
787:13
781:or
770:32
686:887
641:929
551:999
536:670
521:664
506:310
491:101
398:in
287:318
264:CDT
253:DST
243:CST
220:887
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