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News and Events in Flat Rock, Michigan
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Shop Hop – Date and Location Change The Downtown Flat Rock Shop Hop has been combined with the Taste of … Read More
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Gibraltar Road between Telegraph Road and Garden Blvd will be closed to replace a 100-year-old pipeline. The … Read More
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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.