Flat Rock, Ohio

Flat Rock
Census-designated place
Flat Rock Location within the state of Ohio
Coordinates: 41°14′08″N 82°51′33″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Seneca
Township	Thompson
Area [1]
• Total	0.21 sq mi (0.55 km^2)
• Land	0.21 sq mi (0.55 km^2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km^2)
Elevation [2]	801 ft (244 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	227
• Density	1,070.75/sq mi (412.76/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	44828
FIPS code	39-27356
GNIS feature ID	2628891[2]

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.

History

Flat Rock was originally called Lewisville, and under the latter name was platted in 1841.[4] A post office called Flat Rock has been in operation since 1846.[5] The present name comes from a flat layer of rock covering an artesian aquifer.[6]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	227		—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Place of interest

• Seneca Caverns

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. Lang, William (1880). History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Transcript Printing Company. p. 612.
5. "Seneca County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
6. 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.
7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.