Rock Castle, West Virginia

Rock Castle, West Virginia
Rock Castle, West Virginia
	Unincorporated community
	Rock Castle
	Coordinates: 38°42′45″N81°47′12″W / 38.71250°N 81.78667°W Coordinates: 38°42′45″N81°47′12″W / 38.71250°N 81.78667°W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Jackson
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	25272

Last updated February 19, 2019

Rock Castle (also Rockcastle) is an unincorporated community in southwestern Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along Rock Castle Road south of the city of Ripley, the county seat of Jackson County.^[1] Its elevation is 705 feet (215 m).^[2]

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,211. Its county seat is Ripley, and its largest municipality is Ravenswood. The county was formed in 1831 from parts of Kanawha, Wood, and Mason Counties, and named for Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States.

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region in the Southern United States and is also considered to be a part of the Middle Atlantic States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.

The community was named for a rock formation near the original town site.^[3]

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References

↑ DeLorme. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2007, p. 33, 43. ISBN 0-89933-327-3.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rock Castle, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-05-31.
↑ 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. 536.

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[1] DeLorme. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2007, p. 33, 43. ISBN 0-89933-327-3.

[2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rock Castle, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-05-31.

[3] 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. 536.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Ripley
Cities	Ravenswood Ripley	Jackson County map
Unincorporated communities	Advent Angerona Belgrove Cottageville Crow Summit Cuba Danstown Drift Run Duncan Estar Evans Evergreen Hills Fairplain Flatwoods Fletcher Foster Chapel Frozencamp Garfield Gay Given Goldtown Hemlock Hereford Hills Crossing Independence Jones Crossing Kenna Kentuck LeRoy Liverpool‡ Lockhart Lone Cedar Loop Louther Marshall McClain Meadowdale Medina Millwood Morgan Mount Alto Mount Moriah Mount Tell Murray Murraysville Muses Bottom Neptune Nesselroad New Era North Ravenswood Nuzums Oak Hill Odaville Parchment Valley Pleasant Hill Pleasant View Plum Orchard Polk Providence Ripley Landing Rock Castle Romance Salt Hill Sandyville Shatto Sherman Sidneyville Silverton Skidmore Skull Run Statts Mills The Y Topins Grove Utica Varner Wilding Willowdale Wiseburg Young
Ghost towns	Aplin Beatysville Browning Buffalo Edgar Huntsville July‡ Mentor Mozelle Runkle School House Willow Grove
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties