Rineyville, Kentucky

Rineyville
Unincorporated community
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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
Area code(s)	270 & 364
GNIS feature ID	501960

Rineyville is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. It is located 5 miles northwest of Elizabethtown, with a population of about 6,000 people. There is no formal town government; elected county officials oversee roads. The primary law enforcement agency for Rineyville is the Kentucky State Police – Post 4 in Elizabethtown. The Paducah and Louisville Railway 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.