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
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wingate, Missouri
- ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 34 ISBN 0899332242
- ↑ East Lynn, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954
- ↑ "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.
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38°43′52″N 94°12′17″W / 38.73111°N 94.20472°W
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