Hemenway, Missouri

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]

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 14 December 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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