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Ghost town · Taney County, Missouri

Table Rock Dam quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000)
Table Rock Dam quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Flag is a ghost town in Taney County, Missouri, recorded as human settlement in Missouri, United States of America. It is one of 8 former communities in Taney County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 19th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Flag as a historical populated place on the Table Rock Dam topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.6238° N, 93.2999° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTable Rock Dam
Elevation1,220 ft
Nearest living townBranson, MO
Distance to it0.9 miles
GNIS feature ID740571
Coordinates36.62383, -93.29993

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What's there now

Flag is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Branson, MO (population 12,760), about 0.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,220 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Flag?

Flag is in Taney County, Missouri, at 36.6238, -93.2999.

How many ghost towns are in Taney County?

Taney County, Missouri has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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