Reedyville is an

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. The town is supposedly named for the nearby Big Reedy Creek, a tributary of the

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Geography

The community is located in the easternmost portion of Butler County at coordinates . It is located along

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about south of Roundhill, or about north of

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. Reedyville is part of the Bowling Green

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, and is part of Kentucky's

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region. Until the early 1960s completion of the KY 185 bridge over the Green River just west of Glenmore, the community was served by a ferry that connected the area to Bowling Green. It was one of several ferries that crossed the river prior to the 1960s."Remembering Ferryboats".
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Education

Students in Reedyville attend Butler County Schools in

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, including Butler County Middle and

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. Since the early 2000s, the closest elementary school to the community is North Butler Elementary, located along KY 70 about halfway between

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and Jetson. At one time prior to the 1960s, the Reedyville area's students attended the independently-run Dripping Spring School near the now-extinct community of Threlkel, which has since been demolished.

Points of interest

From 1933–34 to 1951, the

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once operated the

Lock and Dam Number 5, located outside of Reedyville to the south. It, along with lock and dam numbers 4 and 6 in

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and Brownsville, respectively, were shut down due to the failure of all three dams. In 2021, after 70 years of not being used, Green River Lock and Dam Number 5 was slated to be removed to improve recreational safety and to restore free-flowing conditions to a course of the river from the

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. Since 2016, the area is also home to the Big Reedy Christian Camp. Named for the nearby Big Reedy Creek, the camp is a privately funded summer camp where school-age students from churches throughout the region can attend.

Other points of interest

*Honaker's Cemetery *Reedyville Community Center

Post office

Reedyville's post office was in operation from 1860 to 1964. The town is not currently served by a post office of its own; the village post office in nearby Roundhill is the default post office for Reedyville, thus using the zip code 42275.

Nearby cities

* Brownsville * Morgantown * Richardsville * Roundhill

References

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