Why is Six Flags Called Six Flags? | All You Need to Know

by Theme Park Center February 26, 2023

Every theme park has a unique reason of how their name came to be.

In this page, we will explain how the Six Flags theme park received its name, and what it represents.

Why is Six Flags Called Six Flags?

Six Flags received their name from honoring the Six nations that have governed the state of Texas throughout its history.

These six nations include:

Spain
France
Mexico
Republic of Texas
United States of America
Confederate States of America

Originally, when the first Six Flags park in history opened (Six Flags Over Texas), it had six different themed areas around the park representing these nations.

These themed areas gave guests an opportunity to experience unique eras that is typically only captured in movies.

Guests were exposed to French, Spanish & even Cowboy cultures.

Six Flags in Present Times

Over the decades, many areas have been removed or combined with other areas, to make room for newer themed areas such as Gotham City, Goodtimes Square, Boomtown & Tower.

In recent years, the Confederate flag has been removed, and replaced with the USA flag.

Although the Six Flags park was originally named relating to the state of Texas, the Six Flags company would expand into different states, but still keep the Six Flags name.

Six Flags would expand to 27 locations in North America, with 24 of them located in the United States.