Flat Rock is a village in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,114 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Charles Baring and Susan Heyward Baring built Mountain Lodge in 1827 as the community became known as the "Little Charleston of the Mountains" due to an influx of wealthy summer residents from the South Carolina Low Country. Historic Flat Rock Inc. bought the abandoned house and sold it in 2014 to Julien Smythe, a descendant of an owner of Connemara who along with wife Lori renovated the house.

A post office called Flat Rock has been in operation since 1829. The village was named for granite rock formations which dotted the landscape.

A number of buildings in the village are included in the Flat Rock Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Also on the Register are Brookland and Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site.

Geography

Flat Rock is located in south-central Henderson County. It is bordered to the north by Hendersonville, the county seat, and to the east by unincorporated East Flat Rock. North Carolina Highway 225 (Greenville Highway) is the main road through the village, leading north to the center of Hendersonville and south to Zirconia. Asheville is to the north, and the South Carolina border is to the south.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.56%, are water. She is the first female mayor in village history. There are also 5 city council members.

Demographics

2020 census

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"

|+Flat Rock racial composition

!scope="col"| Race

!scope="col"| Number

!scope="col"| Percentage

|-

!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)

| 3,259

| 93.49%

|-

!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

| 23

| 0.66%

|-

!scope="row"| Native American

| 8

| 0.23%

|-

!scope="row"| Asian

| 16

| 0.46%

|-

!scope="row"| Pacific Islander

| 4

| 0.11%

|-

!scope="row"| Other/Mixed

| 80

| 2.29%

|-

!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino

| 96

| 2.75%

|}

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,486 people, 1,590 households, and 1,071 families residing in the village.

2000 census

As of the census

  • Mitchell Campbell King (1815–1901), 19th-century planter and physician.
  • Christopher Memminger, the first Secretary of the Treasury for the Confederacy, had his summer home here, which he called "Rock Hill," later called "Connemara".