Cape Fair is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Stone County,

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, United States. It is located on Route 76 and the southern terminus of Route 173. Cape Fair is on the west side of the

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arm of

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. The community is part of the

Branson, Missouri Branson is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. Most of the city is situated in Taney County, Missouri, Taney County, with a small portion in the west extending into Stone County, Missouri, Stone County. Branson is in the Ozarks, Ozark Mountain ...

Micropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP Code for Cape Fair is 65624. A post office called Cape Fair has been in operation since 1851. The community most likely was named for the river cape or sharp stream

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south of the original town site.

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