Wingate, Missouri Explained

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

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.^[1] The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line passes the southwest side of the community.^[2]

Wingate was platted in 1904, and named in honor of Joseph Wingate Folk, 31st Governor of Missouri.^[3]

References

38.7311°N -94.2047°W

Notes and References

1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 34
2. East Lynn, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954
3. Web site: Cass County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070927/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cass.html . dead . 24 June 2016 . The State Historical Society of Missouri. 17 September 2016.