Flat Rock Downtown Authority
Contact
Liz Hendley, AICP
Economic Development Director
City of Flat Rock
25500 Gibraltar Road
Flat Rock, MI 48134
734.789.2323
DDA
News and Events in Flat Rock, Michigan
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.