Flag, Missouri

Flag is an extinct community in Taney County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It was on the west side of the county, near the Stone County line, a bit north of the present day location of the Table Rock Dam.[2]

Not to be confused with Flag of Missouri.

A post office called Flag was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1927.[3] Flag once contained a schoolhouse, which is now defunct.[4][5][6] Some say the community was named after the American flag, while others believe it was named for a flag station near the original town site.[7]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flag (historical)
  2. Taney County Post Offices, White River Valley Historical Society, Retrieved 28 September 2020
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  4. (16 May 1907). The Kingdom of Taney (Flag entry), Taney County Republican, p. 8, col. 3 ("The school board of the Flag school have engaged Miss Gertie Oliver to teach.")
  5. Flag Chapel, Taney County Republican, p. 2 col. 3 (about conversion of old Flag school to a chapel, and moving of school to another location)
  6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flag School (historical)
  7. "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

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