Sabine County, Texas
Sell Mineral Rights in Sabine County, Texas
Small county on the Louisiana line. Haynesville underneath, and interests here are often inherited several times over.
Producing formations: Haynesville
Where Sabine County sits
Dry gas country, the Haynesville, Bossier and Cotton Valley run underneath this county. All twenty-three counties we buy in are shaded; click one to open it.
The history of oil and gas in Sabine County
The quiet edge of the play
Sabine County has fewer than ten thousand people, most of the Sabine National Forest, and a border with Louisiana made of water. It has almost no recorded oil history at all, and it sits on the eastern edge of one of the largest gas accumulations in the country.
A county built on timber and water
Hemphill and the surrounding country were timber and farming, and after Toledo Bend Reservoir was impounded in the 1960s, a great deal of the county became lake and national forest. Neither the 1866 Nacogdoches wells nor the 1930 East Texas boom reached here.
The standard county histories list oil and gas among the mineral resources and say essentially nothing more, because there was essentially nothing more to say.
The Haynesville underneath
The Haynesville and Bossier run beneath this county on their way east into Louisiana, where the play's core sits. Sabine is at the margin, the rock is present, the depths are real, and development has concentrated in the counties around it rather than in it.
That is an honest description, and it matters for pricing. Activity here runs through operators working San Augustine, Shelby and the Louisiana parishes across the line.
What to know if you own here
- A large share of this county is federal forest and reservoir. Mineral ownership under those surfaces is its own question, and the answer is not always what people assume.
- Interests here have been inherited several times without ever producing a check. That means unprobated estates and heirship affidavits are the norm, and the paperwork is often the whole job.
- Non-producing minerals still have value. If your tract sits within reach of a Haynesville unit, it is worth something even if nothing has ever been drilled on it. If it does not, we will tell you that plainly.
Sources: Handbook of Texas (Texas State Historical Association) county and field entries; American Oil & Gas Historical Society; Texas Almanac; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas energy research; Railroad Commission of Texas permit and completion records as published through texas-drilling.com and the weekly drilling reports of the Longview News-Journal and Tyler Morning Telegraph. Verified August 2026.
Operator activity in Sabine County
Permit activity here runs through operators working the surrounding counties. Call us with your lease name and we will tell you who is on it.
What we buy in Sabine County
Mineral rights, royalty interests, overriding royalty, non-participating royalty, non-operated working interest, and non-producing minerals. There is no size limit in either direction. We buy a single interest in one unit and we buy whole family positions.
If your piece feels too small to bother with, call anyway. Small interests in the same tract usually belong to relatives, and we would rather work with the whole family at once.
How an offer gets made
You call or fill out the form. We pull the county records, the appraisal district roll and the Railroad Commission production history ourselves. Within three business days you get a specific cash number in writing and a plain explanation of how we got there. If we think you should hold, we say that too. We cover title, recording and closing, and you keep every royalty check until the day we close.
Call or text (936) 289-3438 Or email offers@longleafmineralco.com
Sabine County questions
What formations produce in Sabine County?
The producing formation we track in Sabine County is the Haynesville. In short: dry gas country. The Haynesville, Bossier and Cotton Valley run underneath this county. Ask your operator or check your division order to see which formation your own check comes from.
Who is drilling in Sabine County?
Permit activity here runs through operators working the surrounding counties. Call us with your lease name and we will tell you who is on it. You can look up any well or permit yourself in the Railroad Commission's public records.
What should I check before selling minerals in Sabine County?
A large share of this county is federal forest and reservoir. Mineral ownership under those surfaces is its own question, and the answer is not always what people assume. Interests here have been inherited several times without ever producing a check. That means unprobated estates and heirship affidavits are the norm, and the paperwork is often the whole job. Non-producing minerals still have value. If your tract sits within reach of a Haynesville unit, it is worth something even if nothing has ever been drilled on it. If it does not, we will tell you that plainly. If any of that is unclear, call or text us and we will look it up with you for free. We also buy in the counties that border Sabine County: Shelby County and San Augustine County.
Other counties we buy in
Own minerals next door too? We also buy in the counties that border Sabine County: Shelby County, San Augustine County.