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Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Fall Rock, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Fall Rock, Kentucky is located in KentuckyFall Rock, KentuckyFall 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
Elevation1,024 ft (312 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code40932
Area code606
GNIS feature ID512119

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 10 feet (3.0 m) 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.

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. ^ Rennick 2000c, p. 16.

Sources

Municipalities and communities of Clay County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Manchester
City
Location of Clay County, Kentucky
CDPs
Other
unincorporated
communities
post offices
(and the creeks
they are on)
  • Bear Creek (includes Barcreek and Spurlock)
  • Big Creek (inc. Bear Branch, Jason, and Obed)
  • Collins Creek (inc. Willowdale, Lincoln, Abel, Williams, Sprule/Hemlock, Safe, Cottongim, Dallas, Green Road, Bluehole, 2 Hoppers, Fount, and 2 Girdlers)
  • Goose Creek (inc. Goose Rock, Henseley, Treadway, Seeley, and Brightshade)
  • Little Goose Creek (inc. Grace, Hooker, Rockgap, Sory, Tinker, and Urban)
  • Horse Creek (inc. Crawfish/Hima and Pigeonroost)
  • Laurel Creek (inc. Caution and Millpond)
  • Martins Creek (inc. Plank and Wages)
  • Peabody
  • Red Bird River (inc. Red Bird, Jacks Creek, Hector, Eriline, Spring Creek, Marcum, Antepast, and Gardner)
  • Sextons Creek (inc. Alger, Chesnut, Chesnutburg, Choice, Ethel, Malcom, Muncy Fork, Sacker Gap, Sourwood, and Vine)


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