Strood
Area
• 1911	32,498 acres (131.51 km²)
• 1931	32,499 acres (131.52 km²)
• 1961	48,572 acres (196.56 km²)

Population
• 1911	15,354
• 1931	16,158
• 1961	28,760

Density
• 1911	0.47/acre
• 1931	0.50/acre
• 1961	0.59/acre

History
• Origin	Strood Rural Sanitary District
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Medway, Gravesham

Status	Rural district
Government	Strood Rural District Council
• HQ	Frindsbury Road, Frindsbury Extra
• Motto	SPES PATRIAE RUS

Strood Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England.

It was subject to boundary reforms in 1934 and 1935.

It consisted of the following civil parishes:^[1]

Allhallows (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Chalk (1894–1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
Cliffe
Cobham
Cooling (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Cuxton
Denton (1894–1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
Frindsbury Extra (part transferred to the City of Rochester in 1934)
Halling
Higham
High Halstow (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Hoo St Werburgh (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Ifield (1894–1935; abolished and split between Cobham and the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
Isle of Grain (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Luddesdown
Meopham
Nurstead
Shorne
St Mary Hoo (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Stoke (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Strood Extra (1894–1934; abolished and split between Cuxton and the City of Rochester)

On 1 April 1974 the district was abolished and split between the new districts of Medway and Gravesham.

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