Rockridge, West Virginia

Rockridge
Unincorporated community
Rockridge Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°22′36″N 81°49′36″W / 37.37667°N 81.82667°W / 37.37667; -81.82667Coordinates: 37°22′36″N 81°49′36″W / 37.37667°N 81.82667°W / 37.37667; -81.82667
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1545998[1]

Rockridge is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia. It was originally named Collins Ridge for the large number of residents with the surname Collins. The majority of the residents from this particular region of McDowell County are direct descendants of the Ulster-Scots and Cherokee Native American tribe. The industry is the Rockridge area is generally based upon coal mining.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of McDowell County, West Virginia, United States County seat: Welch Cities Gary Keystone War Welch Towns Anawalt Bradshaw Davy Iaeger Kimball Northfork CDPs Bartley Berwind Big Sandy Crumpler Cucumber Maybeury Pageton Raysal Roderfield Vivian Unincorporated communities Algoma Alpheus Antler Apple Grove Asco Ashland Atwell Avondale Beartown Big Four Bishop Black Wolf Bottom Creek Canebrake Capels Caretta Carlos Carswell Cherokee Clark Clear Fork Junction Coalwood Dan Eckman Effler Eight Elbert Elkhorn English Ennis Erin Faraday Filbert Garland Gilliam Havaco Hemphill Hensley Hull Isaban‡ Jackson Flats Jacobs Fork Jed Jenkinjones Johnnycake Jolo Krollitz Kyle Landgraff Leckie Lex Lila Litwar Longpole Maitland Marine Marytown McDowell Mohawk Mohegan Monson Newhall Panther Paynesville Peapatch Powhatan Premier Ream Rift Rockridge Rolfe Sandy Huff Six Skygusty Squire Superior Switchback Thorpe Twin Branch Union City Upland Vallscreek Venus Warriormine Wilcoe Wilmore Worth Wyoming City Yerba Yukon Ghost town Hix Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties