Salt Rock, West Virginia | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Mapsize: | 260px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cabell |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.140 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.065 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.075 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 388 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 38.3231°N -82.2211°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 25559 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
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. 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]