Doyline, Louisiana
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Webster |
| Elevation | 226 ft (68.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 32°31′53″N 93°24′37″W / 32.53139°N 93.41028°WCoordinates: 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) |
| Mayor | Steven T. Bridwell (D) (faces special election in October) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 318 |
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Doyline is a village in southwestern Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, United States. The population was 841 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Under a cited cost-saving realignment plan, the Webster Parish School Board closed Union Elementary School in Doyline in 2011, as Doyline High School absorbed the elementary pupils. Vandals broke windows in the abandoned structure, which contained asbestos and black mold. The building was hence razed at a cost of $99,000.
The HBO television series True Blood about vampires is filmed in Doyline.
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.
The Doyline High School Panthers won their state basketball championship in 1967, and two of the players pursued athletic careers. Tommy Joe Eagles played for Louisiana Tech University in Ruston and became the head basketball coach for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs from 1985 to 1989 and the Auburn Tigers in Alabama from 1989 to 1994. Shortly before his death of a heart attack, Eagles had been named coach of the University of New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team, His teammate, James Ponder "Jimmy" Stewart (1949-2017), later played baseball for Northwestern State University in , Louisiana, and until sidelined by a shoulder injury the California Angels organization. In the early 1980s, Stewart coached basketball and was the pitching coach on three state championship baseball teams at Minden High School. He was from 1985 to 2005 the principal of Doyline High School. He died at the age of sixty-eight of long-term effects a stroke.
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