Do you know of Flat Rock ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Flat Rock. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Flat Rock.
Our sources for Flat Rock (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Flat Rock other than they indicate that Flat Rock would be found somewhere in Clay County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1858 and closed in 1907.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Flat Rock ...
We found 44 communities that share the name Flat Rock.
There are three communities within Alabama that are also named Flat Rock.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 43 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Conecuh County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Flat Rock [Conecuh County].
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Flat Rock [Jackson County].
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Flat Rock [Lawrence County].
- Conecuh County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Apache County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Flat Rock [Apache County].
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Flat Rock [Greene County].
- Muscogee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Flat Rock [Muscogee County].
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Flat Rock [Putnam County].
- Idaho
- Fremont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Flat Rock [Fremont County].
- Illinois
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Flat Rock [Crawford County].
- Indiana
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Flat Rock [Shelby County].
- Kentucky
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Flat Rock [Butler County].
- Caldwell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Flat Rock [Caldwell County].
- McCreary County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Flat Rock [McCreary County].
- Menifee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Flat Rock [Menifee County].
- Pulaski County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Flat Rock [Pulaski County].
- Rockcastle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Flat Rock [Rockcastle County].
- Simpson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Flat Rock [Simpson County].
- Michigan
- Alcona County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Flat Rock [Alcona County].
- Delta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Flat Rock [Delta County].
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Flat Rock [Wayne County].
- Mississippi
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Flat Rock [Franklin County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Flat Rock.
- North Carolina
- Henderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Flat Rock [Henderson County].
- Stokes County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Flat Rock [Stokes County].
- Surry County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Flat Rock [Surry County].
- Vance County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Flat Rock [Vance County].
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Flat Rock [Anderson County].
- Kershaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Flat Rock [Kershaw County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Flat Rock [Union County].
- Tennessee
- Davidson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Flat Rock [Davidson County].
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Flat Rock [Lewis County].
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Flat Rock [Morgan County].
- Smith County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Flat Rock [Smith County].
- Wilson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Flat Rock [Wilson County].
- Texas
- Upton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Flat Rock [Upton County].
- Virginia
- Arizona
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Flat Rock ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Flat Rock:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Flat Rock - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
The FIPS database contains an entry for Flat Rock.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 01/26560 (Place Name: Flat Rock)
County: Clay (FIPS State/County: 01/027)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Clay County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Clay County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Flat Rock could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |