Flat Rock, Indiana

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Flat Rock, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Flat Rock
Coordinates: 39°21′43″N85°49′53″W / 39.36194°N 85.83139°W / 39.36194; -85.83139
Country United States
State Indiana
County Shelby
Township Washington
Elevation
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689 ft (210 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47234
FIPS code 18-23566 [2]
GNIS feature ID2830528 [1]

Flat Rock is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

History

Flat Rock was platted in 1855. [3] It took its name from the Flatrock River. [4] Its post office has operated since 1828. [5]

It had its own high school, Flat Rock High School, which operated from 1893 until its closure in 1958 when the community became part of the Southwestern Consolidated School Corporation of Shelby County. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flat Rock, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Chadwick, Edward H. (1909). Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana. B.F. Bowen. p.  70.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  133. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...name is for the nearby Flatrock River.
  5. ↑ "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ Shelby County, Indiana History & Families. Turner Publishing Company. 1992. p. 57. ISBN   978-1-56311-078-8.


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