Rockdale, Kentucky
| Rockdale | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Rockdale  Rockdale Location within the state of Kentucky | |
| Coordinates: 38°25′8″N 82°41′53″W / 38.41889°N 82.69806°WCoordinates: 38°25′8″N 82°41′53″W / 38.41889°N 82.69806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Boyd |
| Elevation | 656 ft (200 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 288,649 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| GNIS feature ID | 502159 |
Rockdale is an unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States,[1] located south of Ashland. It is located on Midland Trail (original U.S. Route 60) at its intersection of Kentucky Route 538 and corridor into the city of Ashland. It was mostly a rural area until the 1970s, when a large subdivision began development, with several hundred tract houses.
Rockdale is a part of the Huntington-Ashland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702. New definitions from February 28, 2013 placed the population at 363,000.[2]
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Municipalities and communities of Boyd County, Kentucky, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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