title: Hemenway, Missouri
text: # Hemenway, Missouri
  
  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".
  
  