Flat Lick, Kentucky

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Flat Lick, Kentucky
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Flat Lick
Coordinates: 36°50′07″N83°45′35″W / 36.83528°N 83.75972°W / 36.83528; -83.75972
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Knox
Area
[1]
  Total
4.78 sq mi (12.39 km2)
  Land4.78 sq mi (12.38 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,188 ft (362 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
850
  Density177.79/sq mi (68.65/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
40935
Area code 606
FIPS code 21-27730
GNIS feature ID2629617 [2]

Flat Lick is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Knox County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 960. [3]

Contents

The oldest community in the county, Flat Lick was settled by Europeans before 1784 and named for a salty rock which attracted wild animals. [4]

Geography

Flat Lick is in eastern Knox County, northeast of the Cumberland River. U.S. Route 25E forms the western edge of the CDP; the highway leads northwest 9 miles (14 km) to Barbourville, the county seat, and southeast 7 miles (11 km) to Pineville.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Flat Lick CDP has an area of 4.8 square miles (12.4 km2), of which 1.7 acres (6,760 m2), or 0.05%, are water. [3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 850
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flat Lick, Kentucky
  3. 1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Flat Lick CDP, Kentucky". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 7, 2019.[ dead link ]
  4. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 102. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.