Flat Rock

… 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.