Editing Jennings, Missouri (section)

== History ==
The city was named after James Jennings, a farmer and merchant who moved to the area from Virginia with his family and retinue of slaves in 1839.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A Brief History of Jennings, Missouri |url=http://jenningshistory.org/history.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423121404/http://jenningshistory.org/history.asp |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |website=Jennings Historical Society}}</ref><!-- citation covers paragraph as of 18 Feb 2023 -->  In 1855, a railway was constructed which bisected the original Jennings property.  Apparently the first commercial concern originating in the area was the Seed Dry Plate Company in 1883, which left for [[Rochester, New York]] around 1911 after its purchase by [[Eastman Kodak]].  The city benefited from the economic boom following World War II and was incorporated (with state and county administrations) in 1946.<ref name=":0" /><!-- citation covers paragraph as of 18 Feb 2023 -->