Flat Rock, Ohio

Flat Rock is a census-designated place in northeastern Thompson Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States.[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 44828.[2]

Flat Rock
census-designated place
Flat Rock
Location within the state of Ohio
Coordinates: 41°14′09″N 82°51′37″W
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountySeneca
TownshipThompson
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
44828

History

Flat Rock was originally called Lewisville, and under the latter name was platted in 1841.[3] A post office called Flat Rock has been in operation since 1846.[4] The present name comes from a flat layer of rock covering an artesian aquifer.[5]

Place of interest

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flat Rock, Ohio
  2. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  3. Lang, William (1880). History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Transcript Printing Company. p. 612.
  4. "Seneca County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. Baughman, Abraham J. (1911). History of Seneca County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 483.



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