Hemenway, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States

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 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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36°32′54″N 90°39′06″W / 36.54833°N 90.65167°W / 36.54833; -90.65167


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