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Former community in Missouri, United States
Enough, Missouri
Former community
A forest service sign at the site of EnoughA forest service sign at the site of Enough
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Coordinates: 37°42′26″N 90°55′00″W / 37.70722°N 90.91667°W / 37.70722; -90.91667
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyIron
Elevation1,109 ft (338 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID749848

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. 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. The community was named by postal officials who informed the imaginative postmaster that his hundreds of naming suggestions were "enough".

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 October 12, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 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 June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Municipalities and communities of Iron County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Ironton
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Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


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