Welcome to Cause Prairie ...

So far, we found very little information about Cause Prairie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cause Prairie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cause Prairie, please Contact Us.

Cause Prairie would have been located within present day Cass County<2>.

The location of Cause Prairie has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cause Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for Cause Prairie: Cause Pr.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cause Prairie is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Cause Prairie was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Cause Prairie still existed, it would have been in the (816) area code.

Communities near Cause Prairie ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cause Prairie.

• Lee's Summit
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee's Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Summit
  • Lee's Summit is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,467 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee's Summit <5>
• Blue Springs
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
  • Blue Springs is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,547 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Springs <5>
• Raymore
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymore
  • Raymore is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,532 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymore <5>
• Grain Valley
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grain Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grain Valley
  • Grain Valley is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,827 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grain Valley <5>
• Harrisonville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
  • Harrisonville is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,086 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisonville <5>
• Pleasant Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,740 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hill <5>
• Oak Grove
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Oak Grove is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,437 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Grove <5>
• Greenwood
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Greenwood is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,881 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <5>
• Peculiar
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peculiar
  • Peculiar is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,660 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peculiar <5>
• Holden
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
  • Holden is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,234 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cause Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cause Prairie.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cause Prairie. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cause Prairie.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cause Prairie. See our Newspapers Page for Cause Prairie.

Adding Cause Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cause Prairie in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cause Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Cause Prairie post office opened in 1857.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cause Prairie.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Cass County: www.casscounty.com/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/