| Flat Lick, Kentucky | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Kentucky#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Flat Lick |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Knox |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.39 |
| Area Land Km2: | 12.38 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 850 |
| Population Density Km2: | 68.65 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1188 |
| Coordinates: | 36.8353°N -83.7597°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 40935 |
| Area Code: | 606 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 21-27730 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2629617 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.78 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.78 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 177.79 |
Flat Lick is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Knox County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 960.[2]
The oldest community in the county, Flat Lick was settled by Europeans before 1784 and named for a salty rock which attracted wild animals.[3]
Flat Lick is in eastern Knox County, northeast of the Cumberland River. U.S. Route 25E forms the western edge of the CDP; the highway leads northwest 9miles to Barbourville, the county seat, and southeast 7miles to Pineville.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Flat Lick CDP has an area of 12.4sqkm, of which 6760order=flipNaNorder=flip, or 0.05%, are water.[2]