S central Person County.

mountain in E central Avery County.

residential community adjacent to East Flat Rock, which see, central Henderson County. Alt. 2,207. Settled by Charlestonians as summer resort. Home to the Flat Rock Playhouse, state theater of North Carolina, and Connemara, home of poet Carl Sandburg. A post office since 1838. Named for a smooth outcropping of granite that was a Cherokee Indian ceremonial ground centuries ago. Inc. 1996.

community in W Stokes County.

community in NE Surry County. Named for a nearby open-faced granite quarry, the largest in the world, at which work was begun in 1889.

community in NE Vance County named for large, flat rock in old stage road.

rises in N Nash County and flows NE into Swift Creek.

rises in SW Wilkes County and flows SE through the corner of Yadkin County and into Iredell County, where it enters Hunting Creek. Sometimes known locally as North Hunting Creek.

rises in S central Stokes County and flows NE into Dan River.

central Stokes County parallel to Flat Shoal Creek.