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Ranson, West Virginia (U.S.)

Jefferson County

image by David Sigley, 11 July 2024
based on photo located by Masao Okazaki, 11 July 2024

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Ransom has a new flag
https://www.spiritofjefferson.com/news/article_c02d8b08-3eef-11ef-a819-47b1c04d374f.html
Masao Okazaki, 11 July 2024

The Ranson City Council voted unanimously, with two council members absent on July 2, to adopt a new flag designed by Councilman Ken Suits. Suits told the council he felt the former flag, which features an image of the Ranson City Hall, was a mismatch with the city crest that was commissioned in 2016. The new flag features that crest—a circular outline of several Ranson landmarks surround a large letter R—above the numerals “1910,” the year the city separated from Charles Town to form an independent corporation.
David Sigley, 11 July 2024

I searched the city's website for meeting minutes and found an agenda mentioning the adoption of the flag and an image of the flag at https://ransonwv.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php.

There are some inconstancies among sources, for example the stars are lighter then the red used founding year, something I don't see on the finished product. Note that it doesn't have the white border.
Daniel Rentería, 11 July 2024

Seal

image located by Paul Bassinson, 16 February 2020

Source: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/
Paul Bassinson, 16 February 2020

Previous flag

image by David Sigley, 1 November 2022
based on photo

The flag is a quartered pattern of red and indigo with a white oval in the center. In the middle of the oval is a silhouette of the Ranson city hall before the removal of the spire. Two white ribbon are present, with the one above the oval inscripted with the city's name, with the bottom ribbon inside the oval displaying the founding date.

Links:
Flag seen in the city hall: https://www.facebook.com/
David Sigley, 1 November 2022