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Rockdale, Kentucky

Coordinates: 38°25′8″N 82°41′53″W / 38.41889°N 82.69806°W / 38.41889; -82.69806
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Rockdale
Rockdale is located in Kentucky
Rockdale
Rockdale
Location within the state of Kentucky
Rockdale is located in the United States
Rockdale
Rockdale
Rockdale (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°25′8″N 82°41′53″W / 38.41889°N 82.69806°W / 38.41889; -82.69806
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyBoyd
Elevation
656 ft (200 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total288,649
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID502159

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]

Education

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Boyd County Public Schools

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rockdale, Kentucky
  2. ^ "Population statistics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2013.
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