Enough, Missouri

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Enough, Missouri
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A forest service sign at the site of Enough
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Coordinates: 37°42′26″N90°55′00″W / 37.70722°N 90.91667°W / 37.70722; -90.91667 Coordinates: 37°42′26″N90°55′00″W / 37.70722°N 90.91667°W / 37.70722; -90.91667
Country United States
State Missouri
County Iron
Elevation
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1,109 ft (338 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID749848 [1]

Enough is a ghost town in northern Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It lies near the headwaters of the Big River. [2] 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. [3] The community was named by postal officials who informed the imaginative postmaster that his hundreds of naming suggestions were "enough". [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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)


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