- Doyline, Louisiana
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Village of Doyline Village 
Country United States State Louisiana Parish Webster Elevation 226 ft (68.9 m) Coordinates 32°31′53″N 93°24′37″W / 32.53139°N 93.41028°W Area 3.3 sq mi (8.5 km2) - land 3.3 sq mi (9 km2) - water 0.0 sq mi (0 km2), 0% Population 841 (2000) Density 252.5 / sq mi (97.5 / km2) Timezone CST (UTC-6) - summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) Area code 318 
Location of Doyline in Louisiana
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Lake Bistineau south of Doyline
A mural of nearby Lake Bistineau State Park in Doyline
Doyline Cemetery established in 1885 contains the graves of State Representatives C.W. Thompson and Lizzie P. Thompson.
Town Hall in Doyline
The First Baptist Church of Doyline
The United Methodist Church in DoylineDoyline is a village in southwestern Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 841 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Under an economic realignment plan, the Webster Parish School Board had marked Union Elementary School in Doyline for closure effective with the close of the 2010-2011 academic year. Doyline High School will absorb the elementary pupils.
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History
Doyline is an entry point to Lake Bistineau and the Lake Bistineau State Park. The lake itself, popular for fishing, is the reservoir of Dorcheat Bayou, a 122-mile stream that begins in Nevada County, Arkansas.
On August 24, 2006, an explosion of the Explo Systems Inc. site at Camp Minden led to the evacuation of 600 students nearby but caused no injuries or fatalities. The site is a former U.S. Army ammunition plant where military bombs were disassembled and recycled.[1]
Geography
Doyline is located at 32°31′53″N 93°24′37″W / 32.53139°N 93.41028°W (32.531282, -93.410145)[2].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km2), all land.
Demographics
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 841 people, 325 households, and 235 families residing in the village. The population density was 252.5 inhabitants per square mile (97.5/km²). There were 359 housing units at an average density of 107.8 per square mile (41.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 79.90% White, 17.12% African American, 0.12% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 2.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.71% of the population.
There were 325 households out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were married couples living together, 15.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the village the population was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $34,063, and the median income for a family was $36,875. Males had a median income of $30,536 versus $21,563 for females. The per capita income for the village was $16,218. About 12.4% of families and 18.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.7% of those under age 18 and 15.1% of those age 65 or over.
Notable natives and residents
- James E. Bolin (1914–2002), a district and circuit judge and a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, was born in Doyline.
- Jesse L. Boucher (1912–2004), real estate developer and former mayor of Springhill, taught at Doyline High School in the latter 1930s.
- John Ardis Cawthon (1907–1984), education professor and regional historian at Louisiana Tech University was reared in Doyline.
- Harold Montgomery (1911–1995), lived in Doyline, and was a businessman and conservative state senator from 1960–1968 and 1972–1976.
- Jimmy G. Tharpe (1930–2008), founder of Louisiana Baptist University in Shreveport, pastored during the early 1950s the Trinity Baptist Church, then a Missionary Baptist congregation in Doyline but since Independent Baptist.
- C.W. Thompson of Doyline was a former president of the Webster Parish School Board who was elected without opposition to succeed James Bolin in the Louisiana House from 1944 until his death in office in 1951. Mrs. Lizzie P. Thompson filled her husband's seat from 1951–1952, when it was won by E.D. Gleason of Shongaloo in central Webster Parish.
References
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- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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Villages Categories:- Villages in Louisiana
- Populated places in Webster Parish, Louisiana
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