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Flintstone is a town in Georgia, and Walker County. Located in North-Western Georgia, Flintstone lies approximately 120 miles north of Atlanta, Georgia, 135 miles south west from Nashville, Tennessee, and 150 miles north west from Birmingham, Alabama. It has around 3,705 residents. Flintstone experiences about 210 sunny days, and 110 rainy days, with an annual rainfall of 54 inches with only a few days of snowfall due to the warm temperatures and humidity. Linston Carver opened a herb company in the town in 1943. In 1959 Paul Hicks began to work with Carver then founded his own business, the Flintstone Herb Company, in 1969, succeeded by his son Berry in 1994.