Pilgrim Township, Dade County, MissouriPilgrim Township is a township in Dade County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.HistoryPilgrim Township was named after the settlement of Pilgrim, Missouri, which is still listed by the USGS as an unincorporated community. A post office called Pilgrim was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1907. A first settler of the community was a native of Kentucky; this Missouri town may have been named after Pilgrim, Kentucky.