Flatrock River

Geobox River
name = Flatrock River
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other_name = Flatrock Creek
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country = United States
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state = Indiana
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city = Mooreland, Indiana
city1 = Lewisville, Indiana
city2 = Rushville, Indiana
city3 = Columbus, Indiana
length_imperial = 90
source_name = Driftwood River
source_location = Columbus, Indiana
mouth_name = White River
mouth_location = Mooreland, Indiana
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mouth_state = Indiana
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tributary_left = White River

The Flatrock River also known as Flatrock Creek and other variants of the two names. The river is a tributary of the East Fork of the White River, about 90 mi (145 km) long, in east-central Indiana in the United States. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/69/18/F01618.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] ] Via the White, Wabash and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 532 mi² (1,378 km²). [ Simons, Richard S. (1985). "The Rivers of Indiana." Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-17476-7 ]

The Flatrock River rises near Mooreland in northeastern Henry County, and flows generally southwestwardly through Rush, Decatur, Shelby and Bartholomew Counties, past the communities of Lewisville, Rushville and St. Paul. It joins the Driftwood River at Columbus to form the East Fork of the White River.DeLorme (1998). "Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-211-0 ]

In Decatur County it collects the Little Flatrock River, [Gnis|438058|Little Flatrock River] which rises in Rush County and flows southwestwardly, past Milroy.

Variant names

The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Flat Rock River" as the stream's name in 1917, and changed it to "Flatrock River" in 1959. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Big Flat Rock River," "Big Flatrock River," "Flat Rock Creek," and "Flatrock Creek." [Gnis|434575|Flatrock River]

ee also

*List of Indiana rivers

References