Flag is an extinct community in Taney County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. 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.Taney County Post Offices, White River Valley Historical Society, Retrieved 28 September 2020
A post office called Flag was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1927. Flag once contained a schoolhouse, which is now defunct.(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) 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.
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