Flag Spring, Missouri

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Flag Spring (also called Flag Springs) is an unincorporated community in northeastern Phelps County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is located on Missouri Route B, approximately one mile north of St. James and Interstate 44. [2]

History

The community once contained a schoolhouse called Flag Spring School. [3] The area most likely took its name from a nearby spring noted for the flag irises along its course. [4] A cemetery marks the site. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flag Spring, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flag Spring School (historical)
  4. ↑ "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flag Spring Cemetery

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