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Welcome to Campti ...

Campti is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Campti is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Campti, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Campti is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Campti lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Campti: 936

Communities Also Named Campti ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Campti - it's located in Louisiana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Campti.

Communities near Campti ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Campti.

  • Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Logansport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Tenaha
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Joaquin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Huxley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Huxley is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
  • Longstreet
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Stanley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Stanley is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Shelbyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Africa ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Haslam
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Campti. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Campti.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Campti. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Campti.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Campti. See our Newspapers Page for Campti.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Campti ...

Looking for more information about Campti? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Campti, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Campti.

Adding Campti to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Campti in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Campti was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Campti post office opened in 1902. The Campti post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Campti.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Campti - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/