Rek Hill

Rek (Reks) Hill is on State Highway 159 fourteen miles east of La Grange and four miles northeast of Fayetteville in eastern Fayette County. The community, named for the Reks family who settled in the area, had a church, a school, two businesses, and scattered dwellings in 1940. The school had consolidated with Fayetteville by the 1950s. In 1981 Rek Hill comprised three businesses, a church, and a cemetery. The population was forty-eight in 2000.

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Belongs to

Rek Hill is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

Yes

Place type

Rek Hill is classified as a Town

Location

Latitude: 29.93244730
Longitude: -96.64025200

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No

Population Count, 2009

168