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°WCoordinates: 38°19′23″N 82°13′16″W / 38.32306°N 82.22111°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Cabell
Area[1]
• Total	3.140 sq mi (8.13 km^2)
• Land	3.065 sq mi (7.94 km^2)
• Water	0.075 sq mi (0.19 km^2)
Population (2010)[2]
• Total	388
• Density	120/sq mi (48/km^2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
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. "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.