The 9th annual “Chalk The Walk” at HuRoc Park takes place on Saturday June 3rd at from 11AM to 1PM. Chalk The … Read More






News and Events in Flat Rock, Michigan
By Joe Pagano
The 9th annual “Chalk The Walk” at HuRoc Park takes place on Saturday June 3rd at from 11AM to 1PM. Chalk The … Read More
By Joe Pagano
The Flat Rock 2023 Memorial Day Parade started at the edge of the Business district and moved down Gibraltar … Read More
By Joe Pagano
This year's calendar in Flat Rock is Full of Family Fun Events in Downtown and beyond. Starting in May at the … Read More
By Joe Pagano
Flat Rock DDA and Flat Rock Our Hometown are Promoting Dine\Shop Local bringing local businesses … Read More
The first Euro-American settlers in Flat Rock were Michael Vreeland and his five grown sons between 1811 and 1820. Michael had been captured by British Rangers during the Revolutionary War and released after American independence.
The family purchased 800 acres (3.2 km2). The town was called the Village of Vreeland until 1838 when the Vreeland family sold off the majority of the land and relinquished control of the area. The Vreeland families built the first grain and lumber mill, having brought the grinding stones from New York.
Descendants of Michael Vreeland still live in the town and attend Flat Rock public schools, being the seventh generation to reside in the town their family founded.