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Welcome to Flatwoods ...

Flatwoods is located in Johnson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Flatwoods, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Flatwoods is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Flatwoods lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Flatwoods: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Flatwoods ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Flatwoods - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas, California, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (3), Texas, Virginia (4) and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flatwoods.

Communities near Flatwoods ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Flatwoods.

  • Metropolis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Carrier Mills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
    • Former names for Carrier Mills:
    • Carriers Mills
    • Morrilsville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <4>
  • Vienna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Goreville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Golconda
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Creal Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Karnak
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Joppa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stonefort
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Cypress
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Flatwoods. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Flatwoods.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Flatwoods. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flatwoods.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Flatwoods. See our Newspapers Page for Flatwoods.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flatwoods ...

Looking for more information about Flatwoods? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Flatwoods, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Flatwoods.

Adding Flatwoods to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Flatwoods in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Flatwoods was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Flatwoods post office opened in 1900. The Flatwoods post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Flatwoods.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Johnson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Flatwoods - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Flatwoods area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Flatwoods area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/