Colyell is an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was named after Francisco Collell, who was the commandant of Galveztown in 1779.
Colyell, Louisiana | |
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Coordinates: 30°23′26″N 90°46′12″W / 30.39056°N 90.77000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
Parish | Livingston |
Elevation | 26 ft (8 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 225 |
Currently, the only school located in the Colyell area is Frost School, with grades pre-kindergarten through eighth.[1] Colyell supports a community ball park, located on Perrilloux Road. It also has a volunteer fire department, part of the Livingston Parish Fire Protection District 7.[2]
Residents use Livingston as their home mailing address.[citation needed] The area code for Colyell is 225; and the telephone prefix is 698, the same as for French Settlement.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Frost School at www.ourfrostschool.com
- ^ Livingston Parish Fire Protection District 7 Archived 2011-02-08 at the Wayback Machine at www.lted.com/lpfd7 <--Dead link, 09 December 2015.