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 / 41.23583°N 82.86028°W / 41.23583; -82.86028
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

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.

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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