Rock is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Mercer County,

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, United States. Rock is located along West Virginia Route 71, northeast of Montcalm. Rock has a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

with ZIP code 24747. The community most likely took its name from a large rock formation near the original town site.

References

Unincorporated communities in Mercer County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia West Virginia populated places on the Bluestone River {{MercerCountyWV-geo-stub