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.

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.Donna LaFleur, "Interview" Loice Kendrick-Lacy", "Authors in Shreveport" feature, 2012, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum.

History

The town of Haynesville is the namesake of the Haynesville Shale, an upper Jurassic formation that is difficult to defineChapman, 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) on a technical basisHorn, 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. but nevertheless covers a broad region of western Louisiana and east Texas and contains a large natural gas resource. On March 24, 2008, Chesapeake Energy announced a new natural gas discovery in the Haynesville Shale. This announcement began a new chapter in the development of the Hayneville Shale and hastened the activities of several other companies in the play.

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 , of which is land and 0.22% is water.

The most common soil is Eastwood series, which has of brown very fine sandy loam over of red clay. 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.Climate Summary for Haynesville, Louisiana

Demographics

2020 census As of the 2020 census, Haynesville had a population of 2,039. The median age was 42.5 years. 24.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 21.5% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 81.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.0 males age 18 and over.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 836 households in Haynesville, of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 31.6% were married-couple households, 18.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 43.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 35.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 932 housing units, of which 10.3% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.2% and the rental vacancy rate was 6.4%.

+Haynesville racial composition as of 2020 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% Government and infrastructure The United States Postal Service operates the Haynesville Post Office."Post Office Location – HAYNESVILLE ." United States Postal Service. Retrieved October 2, 2010.

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

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.

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

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

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