Cave Spring, Missouri

Cave Spring or Cave Springs is an unincorporated community in Cass Township, Greene County, Missouri, United States.^[1] The community is on Missouri Route AC, 1.3 miles east of Pearl and Missouri Route 123. The community lies on the east bank of Asher Creek.^[2]

A post office called Cave Spring was established in 1871, and remained in operation until 1907.^[3] The community was named for a large spring flowing out of a cave on nearby Asher Creek.^[4]

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cave Spring, Missouri
2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 51, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
4. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 170.

37°21′05″N 93°27′49″W / 37.35139°N 93.46361°W / 37.35139; -93.46361

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