Welcome to Compton ...

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

Compton is located in Rusk County<1>.

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

Area Codes for Compton: 903 & 430<2>

Communities Also Named Compton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Compton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Georgia (2), Illinois, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Adding Compton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Compton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Compton was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Compton.

Footnotes ...

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If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Rusk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

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When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Compton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Compton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).