Flat, TX

Flat is a small unincorporated community in Coryell County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census counted 157 residents. Flat is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan statistical area. The area was originally titled "Mesquite Flat" when the town applied for its own post office. All of the county is in the service area of Central Texas College. A newcomer can read Flat through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Flat comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The application was rejected, and resubmitted as "Flat".