Cairo, a small village in the Eighth District, four miles northwest from Alamo, was founded in 1868 by John Antwine, upon the land of John Cook. The town is centrally located, and was the rival of Cageville in 1872 for the county seat. The population of the town is 100. John Antwine was the first merchant, he opening a general store in 1867. Antwine was succeeded in business by D. H. Burnett, and the business subsequently succeeded to first Duke Klyce, then James Thompson, then Thomas Noll, then ___ Sullivan, then Frank Robertson, then J. T. Burnett, the present merchant.

There are two churches in Cairo, the Methodist and Christian, both frame buildings, and both built in about 1870.

The school building is a neat frame, in which school is held five months during the year.