Town of Lecompte
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kwashnak
N 31° 05.273 W 092° 23.985
15R E 557251 N 3439497
Marker at the City Hall, 1343 Weens, Lacompte
Waymark Code: WME8BB
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2012
Views: 4
Town of Lecompte
Lecompte began as a trading post on land claimed by Pascagoula Biloxi Indian Tribes living along Bayou Boeuf. Two area men, Fulton and Miller, traded extensively with the Indians who became indebted to them. To pay the debt the tribes agreed to sell their land to Fulton/Miller who resold the valuable land to planters (c. 1819). The post flourished and in 1900 with 1000 people was declared a village and a town in 1904 with 1500 people. Lecompte became a center of activity in south Rapides Parish with businesses and excellent medical services.
Erected by the Town of Lecompte 2006
Marker Name: Town of Lecompte
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: City/Parish/State
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 01/01/2006
Parish: Rapides
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