Cache is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Alexander County,

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...

, United States. Cache, sometimes called North Cairo, was laid out January 20, 1904 for B.M. Cyril, President of City Manufacturing Company. Cache is located near the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it fl ...

west of

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. It is served by

Illinois Route 3 Illinois Route 3 (IL 3) is a major north–south arterial state highway in southwestern Illinois. It has its southern terminus at Cairo Junction (about north of Cairo) at the intersection of U.S. Route 51 (US 51) and Illinois Ro ...

. Beech Ridge Post Office was moved to Bourland's store, operated by O.R. Bourland, and renamed Cache. It opened October 15, 1914. Cache once had a

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, which closed on October 5, 2002.

Education

It is in the

Cairo School District Cairo Community Unit School District 1 is a unified school district located in Cairo, Illinois, which is the county seat of Alexander County, Illinois, Alexander County. It is composed of two schools: Cairo Elementary School, which educates prim ...

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References

Unincorporated communities in Alexander County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area {{AlexanderCountyIL-geo-stub