Rineyville, Kentucky

Rineyville
Unincorporated community
Rineyville Location within the state of Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°44′58″N 85°58′12″W / 37.74944°N 85.97000°W / 37.74944; -85.97000Coordinates: 37°44′58″N 85°58′12″W / 37.74944°N 85.97000°W / 37.74944; -85.97000
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Hardin
Elevation	705 ft (215 m)
Time zone	Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EST (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	40162
GNIS feature ID	501960[1]

Rineyville is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. It is located 5 miles northwest of Elizabethtown, with a population of about 4,000 people.^[2] There is no formal town government; elected county officials oversee roads. The primary law enforcement agaency for Rineyville is Kentucky State Police - Post 4 in Elizabethtown. The Paducah and Louisville railroad runs through the middle of town. The Rineyville Fire Department, created in 1979, consist of 30 plus volunteers of the community. The fire chief is Shane Crutcher. Some neighboring communities include Vine Grove, Radcliff, and Cecilia.

Rineyville is named for past resident Zachariah Riney, the first school teacher of young Abraham Lincoln.

References

v t e Municipalities and communities of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States County seat: Elizabethtown Cities Elizabethtown Muldraugh‡ Radcliff Sonora Upton‡ Vine Grove West Point CDPs Cecilia Fort Knox‡ Other unincorporated communities Big Spring‡ Eastview Glendale Hardin Springs Howe Valley Limp Nolin Rineyville Saint John Star Mills White Mills Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties