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'''Senath''' is a city in southern [[Dunklin County, Missouri|Dunklin County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 1,767 at the 2010 census.
==History==
One of the first residents in the Senath area was a gentleman by the name of A. W. Douglass. A community developed in the years after the [[Civil War]], and when a post office was established in 1882, Douglass named the new town for his wife, Asenath Hale Douglass (her first name shortened in practice to "Senath").<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html</ref> Thanks to the rich, well-drained soil, highly favorable to the growing of [[cotton]] and other crops, and to the arrival of the St. Louis, Kennett, & Southern Railroad in 1897, Senath grew rapidly. Within a few years, it had a thriving downtown section, built mostly of brick, a good school,<ref>https://archive.org/stream/historyofdunklin00davi/historyofdunklin00davi_djvu.txt</ref> and a newspaper, the ''Leader''.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA534#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
Like many towns in Southeast Missouri, Senath has struggled to maintain its size and prosperity in recent decades due to the decline in the agricultural labor force. It has one of the largest (proportionally speaking) Hispanic populations of any community in the region, possibly because of the former use of Mexican migrant workers by local farmers.
==Geography==
Senath is located along U.S. Route 412 in south-central Dunklin County, about nine miles southwest of [[Kennett, Missouri|Kennett]] and nine miles northeast of [[Cardwell, Missouri|Cardwell]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°08’00”N 90°09’36”W.
Senath lies on a slight elevation above the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain, along a small stream known locally as Buffalo Creek. It has a total area of 1.92 square miles, and an average elevation of 256 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]
==History==
One of the first residents in the Senath area was a gentleman by the name of A. W. Douglass. A community developed in the years after the [[Civil War]], and when a post office was established in 1882, Douglass named the new town for his wife, Asenath Hale Douglass (her first name shortened in practice to "Senath").<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html</ref> Thanks to the rich, well-drained soil, highly favorable to the growing of [[cotton]] and other crops, and to the arrival of the St. Louis, Kennett, & Southern Railroad in 1897, Senath grew rapidly. Within a few years, it had a thriving downtown section, built mostly of brick, a good school,<ref>https://archive.org/stream/historyofdunklin00davi/historyofdunklin00davi_djvu.txt</ref> and a newspaper, the ''Leader''.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA534#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
Like many towns in Southeast Missouri, Senath has struggled to maintain its size and prosperity in recent decades due to the decline in the agricultural labor force. It has one of the largest (proportionally speaking) Hispanic populations of any community in the region, possibly because of the former use of Mexican migrant workers by local farmers.
==Geography==
Senath is located along U.S. Route 412 in south-central Dunklin County, about nine miles southwest of [[Kennett, Missouri|Kennett]] and nine miles northeast of [[Cardwell, Missouri|Cardwell]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°08’00”N 90°09’36”W.
Senath lies on a slight elevation above the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain, along a small stream known locally as Buffalo Creek. It has a total area of 1.92 square miles, and an average elevation of 256 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]