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Haynesville is often known as the "Gateway to North Louisiana" and the "Butterfly Capital of Louisiana". Settled in 1818 and incorporated in 1901, today the town is the home to about 3,000 residents.
Haynesville is located in extreme north Louisiana, about 5 miles south of the Arkansas border, in Claiborne Parish.
 Gas Wells in the Haynesville Shale |
It is about 90 minutes from Shreveport and Ruston, and only 30 minutes from Magnolia, El Dorado, Minden and Springhill.
The main north-south route through Haynesville is U.S. Highway 79. To the south is located the town of Homer.
Other nearby towns Springhill, Sarepta, Summerfield, Junction City, Cotton Valley, Minden, Athens, and Shongaloo.
Nearby Lake Claiborne is a major fishing, boating and camping destination in North Louisiana. Lake Claiborne State Park offers a variety of outdoor activities.
In recent years, the city has gained exposure from the development of the Haynesville Shale, which is providing impetus to exploration, drilling and production, and the creation of jobs and employment opportunities in the oil industry in North Louisiana.
Geologists identified the Haynesville Formation over 60 years ago, and classified it as a rock formation formed during the Upper Jurassic period.
Numerous energy companies are working to explore and develop the shale formation, and drill for natural gas based on findings indicating a potentially large supply of gas trapped in the shale. The most active areas for exploration and drilling have been in Caddo, Bienville, Bossier, DeSoto, Red River and Webster Parishes of Louisiana, plus adjacent areas in southwest Arkansas and East Texas. Development of the shale is providing additional impetus to exploration, drilling and production, and the creation of jobs and employment opportunities in the oil industry.
The Haynesville Shale has been estimated to be the largest natural gas field in the contiguous 48 states, with an estimated 250 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.
On January 21, 2012, the CMT channel launched a new reality TV show "Bayou Billionaires," meant for everyone who has ever dreamed of striking it rich overnight. The show focuses on the Dowden family of Shreveport who struck it rich from natural gas money from the Haynesville Shale.
The Dowdens' home sits right on top of this huge deposit of natural gas. They live on 80 acres of land off Fly Low Lane near the small town of Frierson, located south of Shreveport, off I-40 between Stonewall and Caspiana in DeSoto Parish. After years of pinching pennies and balancing budgets, the Dowdens are now ready to enjoy the finer things in life, sparing no expense.
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