Colyell, Louisiana | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Livingston |
Pushpin Map: | Louisiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Colyell |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Louisiana##Location in the United States |
Coordinates: | 30.3906°N -90.77°W |
Elevation Ft: | 26 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CST |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
Area Code: | 225 |
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.
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. The area code for Colyell is 225; and the telephone prefix is 698, the same as for French Settlement.