Hemenway, Missouri

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Hemenway is an unincorporated community in southeastern Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is located on Missouri Route H, 1.5 miles northeast of Torch. [2]

History

A post office called Hemenway was established in 1907, and remained in operation until 1920. [3] The community was named after James A. Hemenway, a legislator from Indiana, the native state of a first settler. [4] A variant name was "Riga". [5]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hemenway, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riga (historical)

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