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Why is it called Lecompte?

Lecompte was named after a prize-winning race horse
that was owned by prominent local landowners the Wells family,
whose descendant, James Madison Wells,
was the 20th governor of Louisiana (from 1865-1867).

The horse itself was named for a Wells family friend
and horse breeder named Ambrose LeComte
(the "p" was added to the town's name later).