Until the February 1967 completion of the KY 185 bridge over the Green River just west of Glenmore,[4] 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.[5][6][7]
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.[5]
Points of interest
From 1933–34 to 1951, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers once operated the Green River Lock and Dam Number 5, located 3 miles (4.8 km) outside of Reedyville to the south. It, along with lock and dam numbers 4 and 6 in Woodbury 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 73 miles (117 km) course of the river from the Mammoth Cave National Park to Rochester.[8][9][10][11] However, only a third of the dam was removed when officials realized the removal was negatively impacting the river flow and the depth.[12]
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.[13][14]
Other points of interest
Honaker's Cemetery
Reedyville Community Center
Post office
Reedyville's post office was in operation from 1860 to 1964;[15] the ZIP code 42269 was assigned to Reedyville when the ZIP Codes took effect in July 1963.[16] 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.
^"Hard to Gauze Bridge's Effect". Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. February 15, 1967. p. 7. Retrieved November 18, 2023 – via Google Books.
