Official Name: | Flat Top, West Virginia |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Mercer |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 3751 |
Coordinates: | 37.5894°N -81.1067°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 25841 |
Area Code: | 304 & 681 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1539061 |
Flat Top is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Flat Top is located on U.S. Route 19, 19miles south of Beckley.
The Flat Top Post Office began operation on March 5, 1852.[1]
Flat Top is home of Mavis Manor a Queen Anne style, Victorian manor house and one of southern West Virginia’s first Farmstay.
The community takes its name from the level highlands upon which it is situated—the "flat top," which follows the crest of "Great Flat Top Mountain" for nearly 30 miles, from the New River Gorge, in the northeast, to the Virginia border in the southwest. The Lilly Monument, erected to honor the memories of settlers Robert and Fannie Lilly, overlooks the community from a knoll to its northeast.
37° 35' 22" N / 81° 6' 24" W