Rineyville is an

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and

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(CDP) in Hardin County,

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, United States. It is located northwest of Elizabethtown. The

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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

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

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Demographics

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External links

Kentucky State Police – Post 4Rineyville Volunteer Fire Department
Census-designated places in Hardin County, Kentucky Census-designated places in Kentucky Elizabethtown metropolitan area {{HardinCountyKY-geo-stub