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Welcome to Cassville ...

Cassville is located in White County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cassville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

Cassville is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Cassville (for example, toward Rockwood), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Cassville: 931

Communities Also Named Cassville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Cassville - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quebec, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cassville ...

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

  • Clarktown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Cookeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Temperance Hall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
  • Sparta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Smithville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lafayette
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lafayette is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,962 people
  • Algood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • White Plains
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • White Plains is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
  • Pekin ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pekin is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,114 people
  • Spencer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cassville ...

Looking for more information about Cassville? 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 Cassville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cassville.

Adding Cassville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cassville 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 Cassville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cassville post office opened in 1852. The Cassville post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cassville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including White, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cassville - 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/