Cabool, MO

Town in Texas County, MO

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About Cabool, MO


Cabool is a city in Texas County, Missouri. The city was named after Kabul, Afghanistan, using an older English spelling of the name, in 1882. The British had just pulled out of Kabul at the end of the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1881. As local legend goes, one of the construction engineers who built the railroad through Cabool also worked on railroad construction in Afghanistan and thought this area of southern Texas County looked similar to the region of Kabul, Afghanistan. Prior to being called Cabool, the community was known as Cedar Bluff. It remains the only "Cabool" in the United States of America.

Old Legends claim that Cabool was named after the Indian chief that lived there, whose name was "Chief Kabul" (pronounced Kay-Bull). The legend says Chief Kabul and his sweetheart jumped ( into the "onyx pool" ) together to their deaths off Cedar Bluff at Cabool, as their parents disapproved of their relationship. This legend was depicted in the 1903 poem Legend of Cabool written by Tug Wilson and Ben Durnell. The yearbook at Cabool Schools is still known as the "Kabul", named for Chief Kabul.

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Texas County, MO


Visit our county page and you will find information about our town and county's points of interest, festivals/events and faith community. You also will learn about the community organizations that have built and continue to build strong communities (chambers, community groups, and departments, etc) and much more when you visit the Texas County, MO page.