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Welcome to Flat Creek ...

Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Flat Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1842.

A typical abbreviation for Flat Creek: Flat Crk. (or less commonly used: Flat Ck. or Flat Cr.)

Flat Creek is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Flat Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Flat Creek: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Flat Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Flat Creek: This one is located in Montgomery County and the other is located in Schoharie County.

Beyond New York, there are 13 communities that are also named Flat Creek - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, Georgia (2), Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee (2).

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

Websites for Flat Creek ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycountyny.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Flat Creek, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Flat Creek ...

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

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 Flat Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Flat Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Flat Creek. 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 Flat Creek.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flat Creek ...

Looking for more information about Flat Creek? 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 Flat Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Flat Creek.

Adding Flat Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Flat Creek 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 for Flat Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Flat Creek post office opened in 1842.

We also found Flat Creek in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Flat Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Flat Creek - 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 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Flat Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Flat Creek 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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