Riceville is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Johnson County

Johnson County, Kentucky

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, Kentucky

Kentucky

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, United States

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. 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 flourished after the Big Sandy & Kentucky River Railroad was extended into the community and a lumber mill was established. Riceville's ZIP code is 41240