Flat Branch Park straddles the creek between 4th Street and Providence.
[2] Flat Branch was originally forested when American pioneers arrived to permanently settle in 1818.
The cabin of Richard Gentry was located near present-day Garth and Walnut up the hill from the creek.
Ragtime pianist Blind Boone composed a work titled “Strains from the Flat Branch” for piano.
Columbia's first modern brewery Flat Branch Pub is named after the creek.