Flat Lick, KY

Flat Lick is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Knox County, Kentucky, United States. The 2020 census counted 850 residents. The oldest community in the county, Flat Lick was settled by Europeans before 1784 and named for a salty rock which attracted wild animals. Flat Lick is in eastern Knox County, northeast of the Cumberland River. The through line in Flat Lick is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Flat Lick makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. U.S. Route 25E forms the western edge of the CDP; the highway leads northwest 9 miles to Barbourville, the county seat, and southeast 7 miles to Pineville.