Welcome to Cato ...

Cato is located in Ray County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cato, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

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

Communities Also Named Cato ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Cato: This one is located in Ray County and the other is located in Barry County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 13 communities that are also named Cato - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cato.

Adding Cato to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cato 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 Cato was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

X2X - From that list, the Cato post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cato.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cato. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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