Flat is found ten miles southeast of Gatesville in southeastern Coryell County. It was originally named Mesquite Flat because of the local terrain and vegetation but was named Flat in 1897. Farming was the primary occupation of area residents until the 1940s. With the establishment of Fort Hood, the area farmers lost much of their cropland. In the 1950s and 1960s Flat became home to military and civilian personnel associated with Fort Hood as well as to people who commuted to work in Gatesville or Temple. The Flat school merged with Gatesville's ISD in 1963 and the former schoolhouse became a community center.
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