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Rockport, West Virginia

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Charleston. It is located about 50 miles [80 km] to the south of Rockport and has a population of 53,421 people.<1>

The next largest community is Parkersburg. It is located about 12 miles [19 km] to the north of Rockport and has a population of 33,099 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Athens (OH)   NW34 mi [54.7 km]22,0883.5% increase
 Belpre (OH)   N14 mi [22.53 km]6,5281.98% decrease
 Gallipolis (OH)   SW38 mi [61.2 km]4,1900.24% increase
 Marietta (OH)   N24 mi [38.62 km]14,3071.43% decrease
 Nelsonville (OH)   NW44 mi [70.8 km]5,3752.77% increase
 Dunbar   S49 mi [78.9 km]7,6646.01% decrease
 Nitro   S47 mi [75.6 km]6,7840.59% decrease
 Paden City   NE49 mi [78.9 km]2,5999.13% decrease
 Point Pleasant   SW34 mi [54.7 km]4,4514.01% decrease
 Ravenswood   SW13 mi [20.92 km]3,9352.38% decrease
 Ripley   SW19 mi [30.58 km]3,2410.67% decrease
 Saint Albans   S50 mi [80.5 km]10,9964.94% decrease
 South Charleston   S50 mi [80.5 km]12,4277.19% decrease
 Vienna   N16 mi [25.75 km]10,5362.99% decrease
 Williamstown   N23 mi [37.01 km]2,9820.47% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Coolville (OH)   NW16 mi [25.75 km]5443.03% increase
 Racine (OH)   W20 mi [32.19 km]7410.67% decrease
 Syracuse (OH)   W22 mi [35.41 km]8562.62% decrease
 Blennerhassett   N13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Boaz   N20 mi [32.19 km]---
 Elizabeth   E8 mi [12.87 km]9276.74% decrease
 Flint Town   S22 mi [35.41 km]---
 Lubeck   N11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Mineralwells   N8 mi [12.87 km]---
 New Haven   W22 mi [35.41 km]1,5281.99% decrease
 North Hills   N16 mi [25.75 km]8572.61% decrease
 Parkers Towne   N18 mi [28.97 km]---
 Reedy   SE13 mi [20.92 km]1847.07% decrease
 Spencer   SE21 mi [33.8 km]2,1568.33% decrease
 Washington   NW14 mi [22.53 km]---

Wood County

Rockport is located in Wood County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wood: Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Jackson, Meigs (OH), Athens (OH) and Washington (OH).

While not sharing a border with Wood, the following counties are close to Rockport: Roane, Calhoun and Mason.

Below are counties that are near Rockport (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Rockport:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Rockport
 Athens County (OH)   NWHockingport (OH)13 miles [20 km]
 Gallia County (OH)   WCarlton (OH)30 miles [48 km]
 Meigs County (OH)   WReedsville (OH)10 miles [16 km]
 Monroe County (OH)   NLebanon (OH)39 miles [62 km]
 Montgomery County (OH)   SWTown and Country Estates (OH)39 miles [62 km]
 Morgan County (OH)   NDale (OH)30 miles [48 km]
 Noble County (OH)   NHonesty (OH)35 miles [56 km]
 Washington County (OH)   NBelpre (OH)14 miles [22 km]
 Calhoun County   SEAnnamoriah19 miles [30 km]
 Doddridge County   EJoy37 miles [59 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Rockport. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Rockport.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Rockport and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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