Flat Rock, Ohio

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
Census-designated place
Flat Rock is located in Ohio
Flat Rock
Flat Rock
Location within the state of Ohio
Coordinates: 41°14′09″N 82°51′37″W
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountySeneca
TownshipThompson
Area
[1]
 • Total0.21 sq mi (0.55 km2)
 • Land0.21 sq mi (0.55 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total227
 • Density1,070.75/sq mi (412.76/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
44828
FIPS code39-27356

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020227—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

History

Flat Rock was originally called Lewisville, and under the latter name was platted in 1841.[5] A post office called Flat Rock has been in operation since 1846.[6] The present name comes from a flat layer of rock covering an artesian aquifer.[7]

Place of interest

References
  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flat Rock, Ohio
  3. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. Lang, William (1880). History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Transcript Printing Company. p. 612.
  6. "Seneca County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  7. 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.


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