Flat Rock is a census-designated place in northeastern Thompson Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States.[2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 44828.[3] The population was 227 at the 2020 census.
Flat Rock | |
|---|---|
  Flat Rock Location within the state of Ohio | |
| Coordinates: 41°14′08″N 82°51′33″W / 41.23556°N 82.85917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Seneca |
| Township | Thompson |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.21 sq mi (0.55 km2) |
| • Land | 0.21 sq mi (0.55 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 801 ft (244 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 227 |
| • Density | 1,070.75/sq mi (412.76/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 44828 |
| FIPS code | 39-27356 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2628891[2] |
History
editFlat Rock was originally called Lewisville, and under the latter name was platted in 1841.[4] A post office called Flat Rock has been in operation since 1846.[5] The present name comes from a flat layer of rock covering an artesian aquifer.[6]
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 227 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] | |||
Place of interest
editReferences
edit- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flat Rock, Ohio
- ^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
- ^ Lang, William (1880). History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Transcript Printing Company. p. 612.
- ^ "Seneca County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
- ^ Baughman, Abraham J. (1911). History of Seneca County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 483.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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