Riceville, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Riceville is located in Kentucky
Riceville
Riceville
Riceville is located in the United States
Riceville
Riceville
Coordinates: 37°44′4″N 82°55′28″W / 37.73444°N 82.92444°W / 37.73444; -82.92444
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyJohnson
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41252
GNIS feature ID508932[1]

Riceville is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. The community's first post office was established on October 17, 1891, and may have been named after local resident, Sherman Rice. A few years later, the community began to flourish after the Big Sandy & Kentucky River Railroad was extended into the community and a lumber mill was established.[2] Riceville's ZIP code is 41252.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riceville, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1984). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 250. ISBN 0-8131-2631-2.
  3. ^ Archived November 27, 2003, at the Wayback Machine[dead link]


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