Cave Spring is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Adair County,

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, United States. Part of the

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, it was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in southwestern Adair County, bordered to the southeast by

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and to the northeast by Lyons Switch. Bunch Road crosses the southeast side of the community, leading south to Bunch and northeast to Stilwell, the

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. The CDP is hilly and mostly forested, with elevations ranging from above sea level.

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, a south-flowing tributary of the

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, forms the boundary between Cave Spring and Bunch.

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