Salt Rock, West Virginia

Salt Rock, West Virginia
Census-designated place

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 / 38.32306; -82.22111Coordinates: 38°19′23″N 82°13′16″W / 38.32306°N 82.22111°W / 38.32306; -82.22111
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Cabell
Area[1]
 • 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 (2010)[2]
 • Total 388
 • Density 120/sq mi (48/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes 25559

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]

Notable residents

  • Ezra Midkiff – Major League Baseball player who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1909) and New York Yankees (1912-1913)

References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. 1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 112.
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salt Rock, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-04-30.
  5. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  6. ↑ 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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