Cascade is an

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in northeastern Wayne County,

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, United States. It is located on

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M, approximately eighteen miles west of Marble Hill. The community is on Little Creek, just south of

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. 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 {{WayneCountyMO-geo-stub