Cascade 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 northeastern
Wayne County,
Missouri
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, United States. It is located on
Missouri Supplemental Route
A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in additio ...
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 of Cascade on Big Creek.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57, ]
History
A post office called Cascade was in operation from 1910 until 2005 at its closing. The community was named for a series of waterfalls near the original town site.
References
Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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