Vandals broke windows in the abandoned elementary school, which contained asbestos and black mold.

The Doyline High School Panthers won their state basketball championship in 1967, and two of the players pursued athletic careers.

Shortly before his death of a heart attack, Eagles had been named coach of the University of New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team,[4] His teammate, James Ponder "Jimmy" Stewart (1949-2017), later played baseball for Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and until sidelined by a shoulder injury the California Angels organization.

[5] On August 24, 2006, an explosion of the Explo Systems, Inc., site at Camp Minden led to the evacuation of six hundred students nearby but caused no injuries or fatalities.

[6] In December 2012, police began the removal of 2,700 tons of explosives from Camp Minden, located at the site of the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, leading to evacuations from nearby Doyline.

[7] In 2017, Steven T. Bridwell, a Democratic member of the Doyline Town Council, was appointed mayor on the resignation of Gary Carter (No Party) after his arrest for domestic abuse.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km2), all land.