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According to an article in the September 1986 “Rural Missouri”,
Missouri has some 4,769 recorded caves, more than any other state
in the Union, and this figure grows about 150 every year as new
caves are discovered. Less than half of these caves are mapped.
The Missouri Spelelological
Society Survey (MSS), in conjunction with the U.S. Forest
Service, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department
of
Natural
Resources and the National Scenic Riverways is involved in mapping
the caves.
For more information, please visit the following web sites:
The Local History and Genealogy Department maintains an Information
File on caves, and patrons may wish to look at a number of books
and guides to caves in Missouri in the library's
catalog. Ozarks News and Historical
Index also contains many articles about caves in the Ozarks.
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