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.
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