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

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

History

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

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)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Ripley County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Doniphan
Cities	Doniphan Naylor
Townships	Current River Doniphan Flatwoods Gatewood Harris Johnson Jordan Kelley Pine Poynor Shirley Thomas Union Varner Washington West Doniphan
CDPs	Fairdealing‡ Oxly
Other unincorporated communities	Bardley Beaverdam Briar Budapest Burr Carie Current View‡ Doyle Flatwoods Gamburg Gatewood Glenn Handy Hemenway Leibig Owenmont Pine Poynor Pratt Pulaski Purman Sinsabaugh Torch
Ghost towns	Bennett Martinsburg Pleasant Grove Ponder Tucker
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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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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