| Rock Oak, West Virginia | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Rock Oak  Rock Oak | |
| Coordinates: 39°8′54″N78°44′9″W / 39.14833°N 78.73583°W Coordinates: 39°8′54″N78°44′9″W / 39.14833°N 78.73583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Hardy |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1555502 [1] |
Rock Oak is an unincorporated community on North River in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States. The Board on Geographic Names officially decided upon the community's name in 1973.
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.
Hardy County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,025. Its county seat is Moorefield. The county was created from Hampshire County in 1786 and named for Samuel Hardy, a distinguished Virginian.
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 the rock oak trees near the original town site. [2]
