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]
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
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flag (historical)
- ^ Taney County Post Offices, White River Valley Historical Society, Retrieved 28 September 2020
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ (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.")
- ^ 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)
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flag School (historical)
- ^ "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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