Flat Rock, Ohio

Census-designated place in Ohio, United States

41°14′08″N 82°51′33″W / 41.23556°N 82.85917°W / 41.23556; -82.85917CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountySenecaTownshipThompsonArea

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• Total0.21 sq mi (0.55 km²) • Land0.21 sq mi (0.55 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

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801 ft (244 m)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 code39-27356GNIS feature ID2628891^[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

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flat Rock, Ohio
^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
^ Lang, William (1880). History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Transcript Printing Company. p. 612.
^ "Seneca County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
^ 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.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.