Flat Rock, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Simpsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40245. The Survey maps it on the Crestwood quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Flat Rock within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1932 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Crestwood quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Crestwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Crestwood quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Crestwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Flat Rock (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Crestwood Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Todds Point	3.7 miles	10
Conner	4.5 miles	12
Lincoln Ridge	5.2 miles	12
Simpsonville	5.5 miles	11
Veechdale	6.3 miles	11
L S Park	6.3 miles	12
Montclair	6.5 miles	11
Raymond Hill	7.9 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2567212. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.