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image by David Sigley, 12 September 2025
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The flag is a white field with the village seal in the center. The flag was adopted around 1986 as indicated by a news clip from The Dispatch metro briefs section published on January 20, 1986.
Google Streetview of the flag: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4430967,-90.4610222
David Sigley, 12 September 2025
image by David Sigley, 12 September 2025
based on photo
The original version of the flag is a little different from the one being used as it showed the seal but much smaller on the field, as well as a slightly smaller ratio of 3:2.
Link to the news clip: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-coal-valley-flag/161845549/
David Sigley, 12 September 2025
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located by David Sigley, 12 September 2025
Source: https://www.coalvalleyil.org/
The seal as true to the first part of the name is about coal. It shows coal miner Allen Wooley, which is references in The Dispatch's news clip as well.
David Sigley, 12 September 2025