Flint is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in southwestern Smith County

Smith County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 174,706 people, 65,692 households, and 46,904 families residing in the county. The population density was 188 people per square mile . There were 71,701 housing units at an average density of 77 per square mile...

, Texas

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, United States

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. It lies along State F.M. 2493 south of the city of Tyler

Tyler, Texas

Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, in the United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler . The city had a population of 109,000 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Smith County. Its elevation is 522 feet (159 m). Although Flint is unincorporated, it has a post office

Post office

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, with the ZIP code

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of 75762.

History

The town was named for Robert P. Flynt, a local landowner but the post office began operations in 1887 under the spelling "Flint" when postmaster Charles B. Brown misspelled the name on application forms.