BlockCave Spring, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Cass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65781. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1884 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Cass township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
A Bushwhacker Fight
In August, 1863, a party of bushwhackers, supposed to be under the command of one Captain Lotspeich, were attacked on the Ralph Lotspeich farm, in this township, by Capt. S. H. Julian and about 30 Home Guards, or militia. The bushwhackers numbered 17, and were encamped in a dense thicket unconscious of danger.
In the county-history sources
84,545 words on this townshipHistory of Greene County, Missouri .., published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Cass Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The village of Cave Spring is the only one in Cass township. It stands on the southeast corner of section 4, township 30. The town takes its name from a large spring flowing out of a sort of cave on Asher creek near by. The first house in Cave Spring was built by John Grigs by, a farmer and trader and an old settler, who afterward removed to California and died there. The house was of logs. The first store was established in 1848, by Alfred Staley. It contained probably $500 worth of goods, chiefly staple articles, which had been *' waggoned " in from Boonville.
Passage source: History of Greene County, Missouri .., published 1883.
The first school teacher is said to have been David Dalzell. In 1868 a high school was established in Cave Spring. A Professor Perry was the first principal and taught for two years. After him came Prof. O. H. Griffin, of New York, who taught two years ; then came a Prof. McCord, who served one year, and he was followed by one Ward, who taught a portion of one year, when the small pox broke out and scared away teachers and scholars, and the school has not since been re-opened.
Passage source: History of Greene County, Missouri .., published 1883.
The postoffice at Cave Spring was established about the year 1867 or 1868. The only voting place in Cass township is at Cave Spring. The village now contains five stores and one blacksmith shop, and one church building belongins: to the Presbvterians.
Passage source: History of Greene County, Missouri .., published 1883.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Cass Township - it names this place 12 more 12 times.
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Cave Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 69 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220634-03911-08232020-1625 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cave Spring: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Clay, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clutter Mine | Clay, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Kelso Shaft | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jennings Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Pollack Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Iron | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735552. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.