Salt Rock (also Saltrock) is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 388.[2] It lies along West Virginia Route 10 southeast of the city of Huntington, the county seat of Cabell County.[3] Its elevation is 581 feet (177 m).[4] Although Salt Rock is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 25559.[5] The community most likely was so named on account of there being a small-scale local salt manufacturing industry.[6]
Salt Rock, West Virginia | |
|---|---|
 Location in Cabell County and the state of West Virginia. | |
| Coordinates: 38°19′23″N 82°13′16″W / 38.32306°N 82.22111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Cabell |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.140 sq mi (8.13 km2) |
| • Land | 3.065 sq mi (7.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.075 sq mi (0.19 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 388 |
| • Density | 120/sq mi (48/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 25559 |
Notable person
edit- Ezra Midkiff – Major League Baseball player who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1909) and New York Yankees (1912-1913)
References
edit- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 112.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salt Rock, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-04-30.
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 551.
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