Lecompte Louisiana Map

About Lecompte, Louisiana

Lecompte is a locality in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 845. The population density is 306.9 people per km². Lecompte is located at 31.0946°N, 92.4004°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lecompte is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71346.

Lecompte occupies a flat, fertile expanse where the heavy, humid air seems to suspend the very light of the afternoon in a golden, syrupy amber. It lies 15.2 miles south of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 170°T), and is situated 6.8 miles east-southeast of Woodworth. The horizon remains stubbornly level, broken only by the distant, hazy rise of Les Grandes Côtes and the dense, verdant reaches of Alexander State Forest, which waits just six miles to the west. A mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Bayou Boeuf carve a sluggish path through the alluvial soil, dictating the quiet geography of the fields. To the north, the pine-shadowed perimeter of the Alexander State Forest Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of silence, while the nearby Indian Creek Reservoir holds a glassy, still reflection of the sky, cooling the heat that radiates from the surrounding plains.

Lecompte maintains its identity through a heritage deeply rooted in the cultivation of the earth and the stubborn persistence of regional industry. The economy has long drawn its vitality from the surrounding agricultural bounty, where the cycle of planting and harvest marks the passage of months more effectively than any calendar. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, punctuated by the simple, enduring reputation of local bakeries that have become a focal point for those traveling through the interior of the state. Visitors and residents alike find a particular gravity in the stillness of these streets, where the labor of generations has smoothed the sharp edges of history into a calm, pragmatic endurance that defines the character of the place.

About This Lecompte Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lecompte, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.094633, -92.400412. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Lecompte includes the ZIP code (71346), telephone area code (318), county seat of Rapides Parish, and school district assignment (Rapides Parish School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.