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Welcome to Cane Hill ...

Cane Hill is located in Cedar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cane Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Cane Hill is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cane Hill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Cane Hill: 417

Communities near Cane Hill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cane Hill.

  • Bolivar
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Stockton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Ash Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Humansville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lockwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockwood is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
  • Walnut Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fair Play
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Morrisville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Everton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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 Cane Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cane Hill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cane Hill. 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 Cane Hill.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cane Hill ...

Looking for more information about Cane Hill? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cane Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cane Hill.

Adding Cane Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cane Hill in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cane Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cane Hill post office opened in 1858. The Cane Hill post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cane Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Cedar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cane Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/