Cateston is located about a mile and a half south of US 
70 South, on the road to Bradyville. It was named for 
J.M.D. Cates, a local Baptist minister who lived there 
from the 1840's to the 1880's. Cates founded the Marion 
Academy there in 1850, which did not survive the Civil 
War. Brawleys Fork Baptist Church we relocated there 
from Baker Road in the 1850's, and latter relocated to 
Burt. The only remains of the town are a store and the 
Cateston Cemetery.