East Flat Rock

History

East Flat Rock was an incorporated town from 1926 to 1948, after towns the charter was repealed by local government and later by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1949.

Geography

East Flat Rock is located in southeastern Henderson County and is bordered to the west by the village of Flat Rock and to the northwest by unincorporated Barker Heights. U.S. Route 176 (Spartanburg Highway) is the main road through East Flat Rock, leading northwest to Hendersonville, the county seat, and southeast to Saluda. Interstate 26 runs along the eastern edge of the community, with access from Exit 53 (Upward Road). I-26 leads north to Asheville and southeast to Spartanburg, South Carolina. According to the United States Census Bureau, the East Flat Rock CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.27%, are water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17,260
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  15,752
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  15,445
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  14,610
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  14,348
• Eastern Towhee

  Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,132
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,327
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  12,161

Most recent

• M 2.65 — 2026-03-24
  10 km SSW of Dillsboro, North Carolina
• M 2.73 — 2025-08-14
  7 km N of Columbus, North Carolina
• M 3.24 — 2023-06-04
  4 km NNW of West Canton, North Carolina
• M 2.76 — 2023-05-23
  4 km N of West Canton, North Carolina
• M 2.69 — 2022-12-08
  0 km S of Laurel Park, North Carolina
• M 2.65 — 2021-08-17
  6 km N of Morganton, North Carolina