Rynella, Louisiana

Rynella is an unincorporated community in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, that 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 an acronym 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.^[1] (At one time McIlhenny operated a general store at Rynella and he owned much of the land that now comprises and surrounds the community.)

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Municipalities and communities of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States
Parish seat: New Iberia
Cities	Jeanerette New Iberia
Town	Delcambre‡
Village	Loreauville
CDP	Lydia
Unincorporated communities	Avery Island Belle Place Berard Bob Acres Boudreaux Bourgeois Landing Brannon Bronson Brousville Burke Caroline Charlotte Coopersville Coteau Daspit Dauterive Landing Davids Delaware Dennison Deslatte Derouen Duboin Emma Fish Island Gajan Gall Georgetown Greig Hope Hubertville Independent Jefferson Island Lasalle Leesburg Leleux Lifenite Little Valley Plantation Loisel Lozes Ludger Lyons Marce Masters Mestayer Migues Morbihan Nicholas Norbert Numa Olivier Oubre Patoutville Pesson Port Of Iberia Poufette Rynella Santiague Segura Sumerall Tony Ulyssee Vida Walet Weeks
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent parish or parishes

Coordinates: 29°56′48″N 91°52′33″W / 29.94667°N 91.87583°W / 29.94667; -91.87583