Emden, Missouri
Emden is an unincorporated community in eastern Shelby County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Route 168 approximately nine miles east of Shelbyville.[2]
Emden, Missouri, USA
Emden Baptist Church
Emden Post Office
Emden was originally called "Dennison's Corner", and under the latter name got its start in the late 1880s when J. H. Dennison opened a country store at the site.[3] A post office called Emden has been in operation since 1888.[4] The present name is a transfer from Emden, Germany.[5]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Emden, Missouri
- Emden, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964 (1984 rev.)
- "Shelby County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 365.
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