Salt Rock, West Virginia

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
Census-designated place
Location in Cabell County and the state of West Virginia.
Coordinates: 38°19′23″N 82°13′16″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyCabell
Area
 • Total3.140 sq mi (8.13 km2)
 • Land3.065 sq mi (7.94 km2)
 • Water0.075 sq mi (0.19 km2)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total388
 • Density120/sq mi (48/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
25559

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. "U.S. Census website". 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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