Flag Spring, Missouri
Flag Spring (also called Flag Springs) is an unincorporated community in northeastern Phelps County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
The community is located on Missouri Route B, approximately one mile north of St. James and Interstate 44.
History
The community once contained a schoolhouse called Flag Spring School. The area most likely took its name from a nearby spring noted for the flag irises along its course. A cemetery marks the site.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flag Spring, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flag Spring School (historical)
- ^ "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flag Spring Cemetery
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