Emden, Missouri

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Emden, Missouri, U.S.
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Emden Post Office

Emden is an unincorporated village in eastern Shelby County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located on Route 168 approximately nine miles east of Shelbyville. There is a post office there, and two churches, plus houses and a few abandoned storefront buildings. [2]

History

Emden was originally called "Dennison's Corner", and under the latter name got its start in the late 1880s when J. H. Dennison opened a country store at the site. [3] The post office at Emden has been in operation since 1888. [4] The present name is a transfer from Emden, Germany. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Emden, Missouri
  2. ↑ Emden, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964 (1984 rev.)
  3. ↑ "Shelby County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 365.

Coordinates: 39°47′47″N91°51′47″W / 39.79639°N 91.86306°W / 39.79639; -91.86306


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