Enough, Missouri
Former community in Missouri, United States
37°42′26″N 90°55′00″W / 37.70722°N 90.91667°W / 37.70722; -90.91667[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]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enough (historical)
- ^ Johnson Mountain, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1999
- ^ "Iron County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ^ Stewart, George R. (1970). Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 71. p. 13. PRNC:32101081977066.
- ^ "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.
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County seat: Ironton
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