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Flat Lick, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Census-designated place in Kentucky, United States

36°50′07″N 83°45′35″W / 36.83528°N 83.75972°W / 36.83528; -83.75972CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyKnoxArea

^[1]

• Total4.78 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)

• Total850 • Density177.79/sq mi (68.65/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

40935

Area code606FIPS code21-27730GNIS 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]

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
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	850		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[5]

References

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

Municipalities and communities of Knox County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Barbourville

Cities

Barbourville
Corbin‡

CDPs

Artemus
Flat Lick
North Corbin‡

Other
unincorporated
communities

post offices
(and the creeks
that they are on)

Collins Creek (includes Willowdale, Lincoln, Abel, Williams, Sprule/Hemlock, Safe, Cottongim, Dallas, Green Road, Bluehole, 2 Hoppers, Fount, and 2 Girdlers)

Ghost towns

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county