Flat Rock, Ohio Explained

Flat Rock
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA Ohio
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of Ohio
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Ohio
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Thompson
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.55
Area Land Km2:0.55
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.21
Area Land Sq Mi:0.21
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:227
Population Density Km2:412.76
Population Density Sq Mi:1070.75
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:801
Coordinates:41.2356°N -82.8592°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:44828
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:39-27356
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2628891

Flat Rock is a census-designated place in northeastern Thompson Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44828.[2] The population was 227 at the 2020 census.

History

Flat Rock was originally called Lewisville, and under the latter name was platted in 1841.[3] A post office called Flat Rock has been in operation since 1846.[4] The present name comes from a flat layer of rock covering an artesian aquifer.[5]

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Place of interest

References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 20, 2022.
  2. https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  3. Book: History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 . Transcript Printing Company . Lang, William . 1880 . 612.
  4. Web site: Seneca County . Jim Forte Postal History . 27 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160105201722/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Seneca . 5 January 2016 .
  5. Book: Baughman, Abraham J.. History of Seneca County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. 1911. Lewis Publishing Company. 483.