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Flat Rock, Ohio

Coordinates: 41°14′08″N 82°51′33″W / 41.23556°N 82.85917°W / 41.23556; -82.85917
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Flat Rock
Flat Rock is located in Ohio
Flat Rock
Flat Rock
Location within the state of Ohio
Coordinates: 41°14′08″N 82°51′33″W / 41.23556°N 82.85917°W / 41.23556; -82.85917
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountySeneca
TownshipThompson
Area
 • Total0.21 sq mi (0.55 km2)
 • Land0.21 sq mi (0.55 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation801 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 code39-27356
GNIS 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

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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

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020227
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Place of interest

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References

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  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c 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.