Nerinx is an unincorporated community within Marion County, Kentucky, United States. Nerinx was founded in the early 19th century by Father Stephen Theodore Badin. Nerinx is the home of the convent and Motherhouse of the Sisters of Loretto. The Sisters moved to the site around 1820. The town was renamed Nerinckx for Fr.

Charles Nerinckx Charles Nerinckx (2 October 1761, Herfelingen – 12 August 1824) was a Catholic missionary priest who migrated from Belgium to work in Kentucky. He founded fourteen churches and the Sisters of Loretto. Nerinckx became known as "the Apostle of Ke ...

, the founder of the order. The Nerinx post office opened in 1899. The shortened spelling is now generally used.

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Sisters of Loretto Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Marion County, Kentucky {{MarionCountyKY-geo-stub