Emden, Missouri

Emden is an unincorporated village in eastern Shelby County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Route 168 approximately nine miles east of Shelbyville. There is a post office there, and two churches, plus houses and a few abandoned storefront buildings.[2]

Emden, Missouri, U.S.
Emden Baptist Church
Emden Post Office

History

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] The post office at Emden has been in operation since 1888.[4] The present name is a transfer from Emden, Germany.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Emden, Missouri
  2. Emden, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964 (1984 rev.)
  3. "Shelby County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 365.

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