Fall Rock, Kentucky Explained

Official Name:Fall Rock, Kentucky
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Kentucky
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kentucky
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Clay
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:1024
Coordinates:37.2197°N -83.7883°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:40932[1] [2]
Area Code:606
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:512119

Fall Rock is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Kentucky, United States.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.

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.This in turn came from the name of the 10feet high waterfall that powered a local grist mill and was also used for social events.

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.Named John Campbell (not the aforementioned postmaster) he gained the name "Pinhook" Campbell.The village and school were renamed after the post office when schooling was consolidated in the county in the 20th century.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code. 2012-02-15. United States Postal Service. 2012.
  2. Web site: Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code. United States Postal Service. February 22, 2013. October 17, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm. dead.