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Welcome to Flint ...

So far, we found very little information about Flint. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Flint to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Flint, please Contact Us.

Flint would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Flint, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Flint, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1868.

When the people of Flint referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Flintite<4>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Flint is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<5>.

Time Zone: The area where Flint was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Going back to its beginning, Flint was originally named Westerville Station. For more information about the names of Flint, see The Names of Flint on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Flint ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Flint - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri (2), Montana, New York (3), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Flint ...

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

  • Columbus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Dublin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Dublin is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <6>
  • Delaware
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Grove City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
    • Grove City is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,280 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove City <6>
  • Westerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westerville have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerville
    • Westerville is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,452 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westerville <6>
  • Reynoldsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hilliard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Gahanna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gahanna have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahanna
    • Gahanna is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,531 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gahanna <6>
  • Upper Arlington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Arlington
    • Upper Arlington is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,369 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upper Arlington <6>
  • Whitehall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehall have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
    • Whitehall is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,908 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehall <6>

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

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

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

Adding Flint to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Flint 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 Flint was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Flint post office opened in 1868.

We also found Flint in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Flint.

The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Flint, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Flint refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Flint may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<5>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Flint - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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