Census Data for Rock Springs

As far as we can tell, Rock Springs has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Rock Springs, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Lake Lure
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Lure is located in Rutherford County
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• Chimney Rock
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Chimney Rock is located in Rutherford County
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• Rutherfordton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Rutherfordton is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherfordton
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• Columbus
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Columbus is located in Polk County
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• Ruth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Ruth is located in Rutherford County
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• Spindale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Spindale is located in Rutherford County
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• Tryon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Tryon is located in Polk County
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• Forest City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Forest City is located in Rutherford County
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• Landrum
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
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• Alexander Mills
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
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• Bostic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bostic is located in Rutherford County
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• Old Fort
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Old Fort is located in McDowell County
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  • Saluda
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Saluda is located in Henderson County
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  • Black Mountain
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Black Mountain is located in Buncombe County
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  • Flat Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Flat Rock is located in Henderson County
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Polk County ...

Rock Springs is primarily located in Polk County<2>. A portion of Rock Springs extends into Rutherford County.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Polk County.

Miscellaneous Information for Rock Springs ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Polk County or the community of Rock Springs:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Rock Springs:
  • GNIS ID for Rock Springs: 1024271
  • GNIS ID for Polk County: 1008579
  • GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 37 (North Carolina)
  • County Code: 149 (Polk County)
  • Place Code: 57310 (Rock Springs)
  • State & County Code: 37/149 (North Carolina / Polk County)
  • State & Place Code: 37/57310 (North Carolina / Rock Springs)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Rock Springs is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Rock Springs.