| Enon | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -33.398°N 25.545°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sarah Baartman |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sundays River Valley |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.4 |
| Population Total: | 2160 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 47.3% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 51.9% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.7% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 52.1% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Xhosa |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 43.6% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | English |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 1.5% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.8% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 6125 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 6125 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Enon is a small town in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is named after the biblical place mentioned in John 3:23 It lies 13km (08miles) east of Kirkwood and 60km (40miles) north-east of Uitenhage.
Enon (formerly known as Witterivier) was formed in 1818 by the Moravian Missionary Society on request of the Area Landdrost Jacob Glen Cuyler, to serve as a buffer between the Xhosa, Tembu and Fingo tribes living outside the Cape Colony and the European farmers and towns inside the Cape Colony. The land was granted to the Missionary Society in trust, to be administrated on behalf of the Cape Colony in the interests of residents of the missionary station.
Within the first 35 years of its inception it was caught in the middle of three Cape Frontier Wars and the First Anglo-Boer War, and has been evacuated on three separate occasions.
Enon is referred to in the 1840s by James Backhouse in his diary.
In 1909 control of the town was ceded back to the Union of South Africa. The governance of Enon currently falls under the Sundays River Valley Local Municipality.