Wingate, Missouri

Summary

Wingate is an unincorporated community in northeast Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community is on Missouri Route P approximately five miles southeast of Pleasant Hill and nine miles northeast of Harrisonville. Big Creek flows past approximately one mile to the north and east.[2] The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line passes the southwest side of the community.[3]

Wingate was platted in 1904, and named in honor of Joseph Wingate Folk, 31st Governor of Missouri.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wingate, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 34 ISBN 0899332242
  3. ^ East Lynn, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954
  4. ^ "Cass County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.

38°43′52″N 94°12′17″W / 38.73111°N 94.20472°W / 38.73111; -94.20472