 rainelle is a town and former coal town in greenbrier county, west virginia, united states. the population was 1,505 at the 2010 census. ==history== rainelle was named for the raine family. thomas and his brother john raine moved there from pennsylvania in 1906 to exploit one of the last large stands of virgin hardwoods in the eastern united states. their meadow river lumber company operated for 60 years, and at one time was the largest hardwood sawmill in the world. in 1970, the owners sold it to georgia-pacific corporation, which tore it down in 1975.{{citation | url=http://www.blueri
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