Enough, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Enough, Missouri
Settlement Type:Former community
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Label:Enough
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Iron
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1109
Coordinates:37.7072°N -90.9167°W
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:749848

Enough is a ghost town in northern Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the headwaters of the Big River.[1] The site is now part of Mark Twain National Forest at the south end of Council Bluff Lake, 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 continued until 1937.[2] The community was named by postal officials who informed the imaginative postmaster that his hundreds of naming suggestions were "enough".[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Johnson Mountain, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1999
  2. Web site: Iron County . Jim Forte Postal History . 14 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012075240/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Iron . 12 October 2016 .
  3. Book: Stewart, George R.. Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 71. 1970. 13. PRNC:32101081977066.
  4. Web site: Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 11 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071635/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_iron.html . 24 June 2016 .