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Welcome to Flag Spring ...

So far, we found very little information about Flag Spring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Flag Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Flag Spring, please Contact Us.

Flag Spring would have been located within present day Gallia County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Flag Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.

A typical abbreviation for Flag Spring: Flag Spg. (or less commonly used: Flag Spng. or Flag Sprng.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Flag Spring is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Flag Spring was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Flag Spring was located: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Flag Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Flag Spring - it's located in Missouri.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flag Spring.

Websites for Flag Spring ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.galliacounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Flag Spring, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Flag Spring ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Flag Spring.

  • Ashland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ashland is located in Boyd County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,070 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <5>
  • Ironton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Point Pleasant
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Gallipolis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Russell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Russell is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,207 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Russell <5>
  • Raceland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Raceland is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
  • Coal Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Coal Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
  • Oak Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Worthington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Worthington is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,488 people
  • South Webster
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Flag Spring. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Flag Spring.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Flag Spring. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flag Spring.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Flag Spring. See our Newspapers Page for Flag Spring.

Adding Flag Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Flag Spring in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Flag Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Flag Spring post office opened in 1839. The Flag Spring post office closed in 1879.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Flag Spring.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Flag Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Gallia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Flag Spring - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Flag Spring area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Flag Spring area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/