Flat Rock DDA and Our Hometown Flat Rock are Promoting Dine\Shop Local bringing local businesses together in a … Read More
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News and Events in Flat Rock, Michigan
Flat Rock Our Hometown February 2020 featured business
By Joe Pagano
Flat Rock Rite Aid is this months Featured Business Our local Rite Aid opened in Flat Rock in 1999. That … Read More
Southern Scentsations is Flat Rock Our Hometown January 2020 Featured Business
By Joe Pagano
Southern Scentsations Inc. was founded on the concept that “necessity is the mother of invention”. Beth … Read More
Flat Rock Our Hometown December featured business.
By Joe Pagano
Blue Heron Trading Co. is a coffee, tea and specialty gourmet gift store, quickly becoming a … Read More
WELCOME TO FLAT ROCK
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.