Cascade, Missouri

Cascade is an unincorporated community in northeastern Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route M, approximately eighteen miles west of Marble Hill. The community is on Little Creek, just south of Big Creek. The community of Gravelton is one mile to the east on Big Creek.[2]

Cascade
Unincorporated community
Cascade
Location within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 37°17′58″N 90°16′09″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyWayne
Elevation
525 ft (160 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
old 63632 closed in 2004 or 05
GNIS feature ID715465[1]

History

A post office called Cascade has been in operation since 1910.[3] The community was named for a series of waterfalls near the original town site.[4]

References
  1. "Cascade, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. "Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.


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