Official Name: | Cache |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Nickname: | North Cairo |
Pushpin Map: | Illinois#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Alexander |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 335 |
Coordinates: | 37.1°N -89.2614°W |
Area Code: | 618 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 424696 |
Cache is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Cache, sometimes called North Cairo, was laid out on January 20, 1904, for B.M. Cyril, President of City Manufacturing Company.[1] Cache is located near the Mississippi River, west of Mounds. It is served by Illinois Route 3. The Beech Ridge Post Office was moved to Bourland's store, operated by O.R. Bourland, and renamed Cache. It opened on October 15, 1914. Cache once had a post office, which closed on October 5, 2002.[2]
It is in the Cairo School District.[3]