Fall Rock, Kentucky | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 37°13′11″N 83°47′18″W / 37.21972°N 83.78833°W | |
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 | |
Area code | 606 |
GNIS feature ID | 512119 [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]
Fall Rock, Kentucky | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 37°13′11″N 83°47′18″W / 37.21972°N 83.78833°W | |
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 | |
Area code | 606 |
GNIS feature ID | 512119 [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]