Rynella, Louisiana

Rynella is an unincorporated community in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located west of Lydia, southwest of New Iberia and northeast of Avery Island.

History

The community consists of a few residential dwellings and a volunteer fire department along Highway 329. 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. 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.