Enough, Missouri

Enough is a ghost town in northern Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

Enough, Missouri
Former community
A forest service sign at the site of Enough
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Coordinates: 37°42′26″N 90°55′00″W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Iron
Elevation [1]	1,109 ft (338 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	749848[1]

The town was located near the headwaters of the Big River.[2] The site is now in the Mark Twain National Forest at the south end of Council Bluff Lake which was created in 1981. The Forest Service has a boat ramp for the lake at Enough.

History

A post office called Enough was established in 1916, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1937.[3] The community was named by postal officials who informed the local postmaster that his hundreds of naming suggestions were "enough".[4][5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enough (historical)
2. Johnson Mountain, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1999
3. "Iron County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
4. Stewart, George R. (1970). Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 71. p. 13. PRNC:32101081977066.
5. "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)