Campsie is a hamlet in central Alberta within the County of Barrhead No. 11, located approximately west of Barrhead then north of Highway 18, roughly northwest of Edmonton. It has an elevation of .

The hamlet took its name, in 1909, from Campsie, in Scotland, the ancestral home of an early postmaster. The post office operated until 1969. The community was a block settlement established by Black Canadian homesteaders from Oklahoma and Texas, within four to five years of Alberta becoming a province in 1905.

Demographics

Campsie recorded a population of 65 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.

See also

• List of communities in Alberta

• List of hamlets in Alberta

Similar 1908 to 1910 Alberta homesteader settlements of Black Canadians:

• Amber Valley, Alberta

• Junkins (now Wildwood), Alberta

• Keystone (now Breton), Alberta

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