Fall Rock, Kentucky

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Fall Rock, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Fall Rock, Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°13′11″N83°47′18″W / 37.21972°N 83.78833°W / 37.21972; -83.78833 Coordinates: 37°13′11″N83°47′18″W / 37.21972°N 83.78833°W / 37.21972; -83.78833
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Clay
Elevation
1,024 ft (312 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
40932 [1] [2]
Area code(s) 606
GNIS feature ID512119 [3]

Fall Rock is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Kentucky, United States. [4] They are located on the Morgan Branch tributary of Laurel Creek, just under 1 mile upstream from the branch mouth, on United States Highway 421, the school across the road from the post office. [4]

Fall Rock post office was established on 1924-05-22 by postmaster John Campbell, and named after the original name of Morgan Branch which was Falls Branch or Fall Rock Branch. [4] This in turn came from the name of the 10 feet (3.0 m) high waterfall that powered a local grist mill and was also used for social events. [4]

However, the village and school were originally named Pinhook, local oral histories stating that this was after a local fisherman who made fishing hooks out of safety pins bought in the local store. [4] Named John Campbell (not the aforementioned postmaster) he gained the name "Pinhook" Campbell. [4] The village and school were renamed after the post office when schooling was consolidated in the county in the 20th century. [4]

Cross-reference

  1. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  2. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service . Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  3. "Fall Rock". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rennick 2000c, p. 16.

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