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 Service recommended that a prominent unnamed rocky, barren point in section 23, township 28 south, range 1 east, be named Flagstone Rock because of its appearance. The name was approved by the USBGN. Flagstone Creek is named because it heads near the rock.

FLAGTAIL MOUNTAIN, Grant County. This mountain was named because of the large number of flagtail deer that formerly grazed in the vicinity. It is about 20 miles southwest of Canyon City.

FLANAGAN, Wasco County. Flanagan, a community and post office on the east side of Deschutes River six or seven miles east of Maupin was named for a local family. Flanagan post office was established in October, 1905, with John Flanagan first postmaster, and operated until March, 1912.

FLATIRON POINT, Douglas County. Flatiron Point is a descriptive name used by the Forest Service to describe a very prominent pointed plateau that lies just south of the junction of North Umpqua River and Fish Creek. The point is about 20 miles northwest of Diamond Lake and is remarkable for its flat top and steep sides. The point is toward the north.

FLAVEL, Clatsop County. Named for Captain George Flavel, who once owned the land on which the community is situated. In 1892 ambitious schemes were put on foot to build a railroad from Salem to Flavel, and the townsite concern, the Flavel Land and Development Company, laid plans for a big terminal to rival Astoria. In 1897, a fine hotel was built, which enjoyed a short season of social gaiety, but Astoria was too strongly entrenched for the rival community, which so far has not made the expected development. Silas B. Smith says that the name of the Clatsop Indian village at what is now Flavel was Konapee.

FLEETWOOD, Lake County. Fleetwood, a post office in the north part of the Fort Rock Valley, came as a result of the homesteading movement into that part of Oregon. The office was established September 25, 1913, and operated until June 31, 1928, with Helen A. Fleet postmaster. The name was coined from the family name.

FLETTS, Gilliam County. George W. Flett was an early settler on Rock Creek on the east edge of what is now Gilliam County at a point a few miles northeast of Gwendolen. He had a post office established with the name Flettville on November 4, 1881, which was operated until February 25, 1884, with Flett postmaster. Another office called Fletts was established May 5, 1884, with Orlando Rowland postmaster. D. F. Stricklin and Henry M. Pitman were later postmasters. The office was closed on April 12, 1888. Charles E. Stricklin, Oregon State Engineer, was reared in these parts and on December 24, 1945, he wrote the compiler as follows: "Apparently the post office was moved around. When my father was postmaster, a bedroom in the residence was used. During Mr. Flett's tenure as postmaster, he erected a small building in front of his residence which was used as a post office. When Mr. Flett was postmaster, the post office was located in the vicinity of the Flett School, but at that time there was no school there and the post office was across Rock Creek from where the school is now situated."

FLICKBAR, Baker County. Flickbar post office was established on the Baker County list on May 3, 1897, with James Grant first postmaster. The office was discontinued in April, 1899. Flickbar sounds like the name of a five-cent slab of candy, but an investigation made by LeRoy