Cainsville, MO

Cainsville is a city in eastern Harrison County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 283 residents. Cainsville had its start in 1854 when Peter Cain built a watermill on the site. As more workers arrived, a post office, blacksmith shop and trading post were necessarily started up, so that by 1858, a small town had developed. The through line in Cainsville is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Cainsville makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Cainsville is located one half mile west of the Harrison- Mercer county line on the east side of the Thompson River floodplain. The community lies at the intersection of Missouri routes N and V approximately seven miles north of Mount Moriah.