Rynella is an unincorporated community in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) west of Lydia, 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) southwest of New Iberia and 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) northeast of Avery Island.
Rynella, Louisiana | |
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  Rynella, Louisiana  Rynella, Louisiana | |
| Coordinates: 29°56′48″N 91°52′33″W / 29.94667°N 91.87583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Iberia |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 70560 |
| Area code | 337 |
| GNIS feature ID | 543633 [1] |
| FIPS code | 22-66716 |
History
editThe community consists of a few residential dwellings and a volunteer fire department along Highway 329 (also known as the Avery Island Highway). The name Rynella allegedly is a portmanteau deriving from the last two letters of the first names of three local women, RosemaRY, PauliNE, and LeiLA McIlhenny (someone eventually adding an extra L to the resulting word). They were daughters of Edward Avery McIlhenny, a noted Louisiana conservationist who presided over McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco brand pepper sauce at nearby Avery Island. The McIlhenny family operated a general store at Rynella and he owned much of the land that now comprises and surrounds the community.[2]
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rynella, Louisiana
- ^ Shane K. Bernard (2007). Tabasco, an Illustrated History: The Story of the McIlhenny Family of Avery Island, 1868-2007. McIlhenny Company. ISBN 978-0-9797808-0-6.
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