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