Haynesville, Louisiana

Haynesville is a town in northern Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States, located just south of the Arkansas border. The population was 2,039 in 2020.<ref name=":0" />

Haynesville is known as the "Gateway to North Louisiana" and the "Butterfly Capital of Louisiana". Loice Kendrick-Lacy of Haynesville published Gardening To Attract Butterflies: The Beauty And The Beast (2012). Kendrick-Lacy begins with memories of her childhood, when she was introduced to butterflies by her grandmother.<ref>Donna LaFleur, "Interview" Loice Kendrick-Lacy", "Authors in Shreveport" feature, 2012, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

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Haynesville in 1935

The town of Haynesville is the namesake of the Haynesville Shale, an upper Jurassic formation that is difficult to define<ref>Chapman, R.T., (1951), Jurassic Development in the Haynesville Field, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions. Vol. 1, p. 40., this abstract is hosted in the archives section of the website of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)</ref> on a technical basis<ref>Horn, Marty, (2009), Toward a Better Definition of Haynesville Formation, Northern Louisiana Subsurface, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Denver, Colorado.</ref> but nevertheless covers a broad region of western Louisiana and east Texas and contains a large natural gas resource.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On March 24, 2008, Chesapeake Energy announced a new natural gas discovery in the Haynesville Shale.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> This announcement began a new chapter in the development of the Hayneville Shale and hastened the activities of several other companies in the play.<ref>http://www.inexs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Haynesville-Study.pdf Template:Bare URL PDF</ref>

The town's churches include Baptist, United Methodist, Presbyterian, Missionary Baptist, Pentecostal, and Church of Christ. This part of the state was settled by Protestants from other parts of the South, more than by ethnic French, Louisiana Creole, Italian and Irish Catholics more typically found in the New Orleans area.

Material on the history of Haynesville can be found at the Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum located across from the Claiborne Parish Courthouse in Homer.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and 0.22% is water.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The most common soil is Eastwood series, which has Template:Convert of brown very fine sandy loam over Template:Convert of red clay.<ref>[1][2] Template:Webarchive</ref> It supports a native forest vegetation of loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, southern red oak, American sweet gum and hickory.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Haynesville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>Climate Summary for Haynesville, Louisiana</ref>

Demographics

Haynesville racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	679	33.3%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	1,233	60.47%
Native American	12	0.59%
Asian	2	0.1%
Other/Mixed	77	3.78%
Hispanic or Latino	36	1.77%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,039 people, 1,081 households, and 664 families residing in the town.

Government and infrastructure

The United States Postal Service operates the Haynesville Post Office.<ref>"Post Office Location – HAYNESVILLE Template:Webarchive." United States Postal Service. Retrieved October 2, 2010.</ref>

Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections operates the David Wade Correctional Center in an unincorporated section of Claiborne Parish near Haynesville.<ref>"David Wade Corr. Center Template:Webarchive." Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Retrieved September 14, 2008.</ref><ref>"Inmate wants his privileges restored." The Advocate. January 11, 1990. Retrieved October 2, 2010. "But Mule was transferred to Wade Correctional Center in Haynesville[...]"</ref>

Crime

In May 1999, the Haynesville Police Department discovered the skeletal remains of Shannon Capers, a 13-year-old girl who had been missing since March 8, 1997. She was found in the woods behind the Mill Street Apartments on the north side of town. Capers had lived in the apartments. She was known to have been murdered by her boyfriend, a local drug dealer named Maurice Tate.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Haynesville Junior-Senior High School

Education

The Claiborne Parish School Board is the local school district for the entire parish.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref> It operates Haynesville Elementary School and Haynesville Junior/Senior High School.<ref>"Welcome to Haynesville Elementary School Template:Webarchive." Claiborne Parish Schools. Retrieved October 2, 2010.</ref><ref>"Welcome to Haynesville Jr/Sr School Template:Webarchive." Claiborne Parish Schools. Retrieved October 2, 2010.</ref>

Notable people

• Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer, born August 30, 1924
• Demetric Evans, NFL football player (San Francisco 49ers)
• Doug Evans, former NFL football player (Green Bay Packers; Super Bowl XXXI champion)
• Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, musician and civil rights activist
• John Sidney Garrett, Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1968–1972)
• Jim Haynes (1933–2021), leading figure in British counter-culture
• George H. Mahon, U.S. Representative from Texas's 19th congressional district from 1935 to 1979.
• Danny Roy Moore (1925–c. 2020), Louisiana state senator from 1964 to 1968
• Bob Odom, former Louisiana commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
• Larry Sale, sheriff of Claiborne Parish from 1936 to 1944
• A. L. Williams, high school and college football coach; born in Haynesville

Photo gallery

• Haynesville United Methodist Church
  Haynesville United Methodist Church
• First Baptist Church in downtown Haynesville
  First Baptist Church in downtown Haynesville
• The First Presbyterian Church in Haynesville
  The First Presbyterian Church in Haynesville
• City Hall in Haynesville
  City Hall in Haynesville
• This obelisk erected in 1976 in Bicentennial Park in Haynesville is dedicated to the medical profession.
  This obelisk erected in 1976 in Bicentennial Park in Haynesville is dedicated to the medical profession.
• The large Old Town Cemetery in south Haynesville.
  The large Old Town Cemetery in south Haynesville.