Fall Rock, Kentucky

Fall Rock, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Fall Rock, Kentucky is located in Kentucky
Fall Rock, Kentucky
Fall Rock, Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°13′11″N 83°47′18″W / 37.21972°N 83.78833°W / 37.21972; -83.78833
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyClay
Elevation
1,024 ft (312 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
40932[1][2]
Area code606
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 February 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "Fall Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Rennick 2000c, p. 16.

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