Rineyville, Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°44′58″N 85°58′12″W / 37.74944°N 85.97000°W / 37.74944; -85.97000
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Rineyville, Kentucky
FIPS code
21-65388
GNIS feature ID501960[2]
The town of Rineyville, KY historical marker.

Rineyville is an

Paducah and Louisville Railway
runs north and south through the community.

There is no formal city government; a Magistrate, elected to the Hardin County Fiscal Court, represents the unincorporated community. The primary law enforcement agency for Rineyville is the Kentucky State Police – Post 4 in Elizabethtown. The Rineyville Fire Department, created in 1979, consists of over 30 volunteers from the community. Some neighboring communities include Vine Grove to the north, Radcliff to the northeast, and Cecilia to the south.

Rineyville is named for past resident Zachariah Riney, the first school teacher of young Abraham Lincoln.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
20203,039
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rineyville, Kentucky
  3. .
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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