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]

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

^ 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.