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Rock Run, Virginia, is a small rural town near Bassett, Virginia, in Henry County, Virginia, and shares the ZIP Code of 24055. It is the location of the historic African-American Rock Run School.

Geography
Rock Run is located at Coordinates: 36.719026°N, -79.9678193°W, and the approximate elevation is: 938 feet (286 meters) above sea level. The United States Geological Survey Topographic map Quadrangle is "Martinsville West".

Geology
The Bassett Formation of Biotite Gneiss is found along "Highway Alternate 57 between the Rock Run and Blackberry Creek."

History
Henry Barksdale was granted a deed along the branches of Reedy Creek and Rock Run on February 1, 1781. Thomas Nunn was granted a deed to the north side of Smith's River and both sides of Rock Run on September 10, 1789. Isham Craddock was granted 344 acres "on the waters of rock Run", adjoining Henry Sumpter, on July 30, 1797. John Redd was granted 620 acres on the north side of Smith's River and Rock Run, on June 21, 1809.

Tobacco farming was important in Rock Run, and in 1818 190 acres of cleared land sold for $450.00.