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The village of Flat Rock is governed under a mayor/council form of government. The Mayor and City
Council members are elected to staggered four-year terms. Currently the mayor of Flat Rock is Nick Weedman who was elected unopposed on November 5, 2019. There are also 5 city council members.
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1381:Laurel Park
1316:County seat
1154:Ballotpedia
989:January 31,
872:Howdy Doody
852:"Connemara"
848:Confederacy
756:other races
729:2000 census
691:Other/Mixed
618:Percentage
602:2020 census
447:watershed.
410:county seat
345:2010 census
100: /
1579:Categories
1502:Bearwallow
1467:Horse Shoe
1442:Edneyville
885:References
819:Bonclarken
733:As of the
721:As of the
451:Government
307:feature ID
215:Population
165:Government
88:82°27′09″W
85:35°16′04″N
1541:Footnotes
1452:Fruitland
1404:Flat Rock
426:Asheville
400:Geography
390:Brookland
369:Connemara
349:Asheville
333:Flat Rock
295:FIPS code
283:Area code
237:Time zone
207:Elevation
156:Named for
141:Henderson
1532:Zirconia
1497:Bat Cave
1376:Fletcher
817:retreat
760:Hispanic
750:, 0.12%
746:, 0.04%
742:, 0.47%
704:Hispanic
422:Zirconia
362:Charles
299:37-23600
271:ZIP code
1422:Balfour
1396:Village
1210:June 4,
1184:May 21,
1159:May 21,
1110:May 23,
1083:May 23,
632:93.49%
615:Number
358:History
315:Website
310:2407454
114:Country
44:Village
1527:Tuxedo
1522:Naples
1457:Gerton
1447:Etowah
1346:Saluda
1333:Cities
813:. The
764:Latino
735:census
715:2.75%
708:Latino
698:2.29%
685:0.11%
672:0.46%
659:0.23%
646:0.66%
629:3,259
470:Census
408:, the
364:Baring
136:County
59:NC 225
1368:Towns
752:Asian
740:White
665:Asian
624:White
612:Race
590:11.9%
585:3,486
575:21.4%
570:3,114
560:41.6%
555:2,565
545:−5.7%
540:1,812
530:13.9%
525:1,922
515:−6.6%
510:1,688
495:1,808
276:28731
265:(EDT)
263:UTC-4
242:UTC-5
223:3,486
124:State
1432:Dana
1414:CDPs
1237:2021
1212:2015
1186:2023
1161:2023
1112:2015
1085:2015
1059:2017
1024:2017
991:2008
944:2022
908:2020
581:2020
566:2010
551:2000
536:1990
521:1980
506:1970
491:1960
479:Note
474:Pop.
392:and
324:.org
305:GNIS
178:Area
150:1996
762:or
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