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Welcome to Flatfork ...

Flatfork is located in Roane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Flatfork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

Flatfork is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Flatfork: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Flatfork ...

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

  • Ripley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Spencer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Clendenin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Reedy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Reedy is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
  • Aplin ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Aplin is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin
  • Fletcher
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fletcher is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
  • Cicerone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cicerone is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
  • Kentuck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kentuck is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
  • Mattie ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Mattie is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
  • Walton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flatfork ...

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

Adding Flatfork to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Flatfork in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Flatfork post office opened in 1857. The Flatfork post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Flatfork.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Roane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Flatfork - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Flatfork area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Flatfork 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/