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, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Fall Rock, Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°13′11″N 83°47′18″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	40932[1][2]
Area code(s)	606
GNIS feature ID	512119[3]

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]

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