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Welcome to Flat Rock ...

Flat Rock is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Flat Rock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Flat Rock is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Flat Rock: 276

Communities Also Named Flat Rock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Flat Rock: This one is located in Scott County and the other is located in Powhatan County.

Beyond Virginia, there are 44 communities that are also named Flat Rock - they are located in Alabama (4), Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia (3), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky (7), Michigan (3), Mississippi, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (4), Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (5) and Texas.

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

Communities near Flat Rock ...

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

  • Kingsport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Kingsport is located in Sullivan County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,112 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsport <3>
  • Bloomingdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
  • Church Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Carmel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Stone Gap
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Rogersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Waycross
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Waycross is located in Hawkins County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
  • Blair Gap
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
  • Gate City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Surgoinsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flat Rock ...

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

Adding Flat Rock to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Flat Rock 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 Flat Rock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Flat Rock post office opened in 1886. The Flat Rock post office closed in 1905.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Flat Rock - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/