Enough, Missouri

Enough is a ghost town in Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The town was located at 37.7072694 -90.9167962 on Council Bluff Lake.[1]

History

A post office called Enough was established in 1916, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1937.[2] The community was named by postal officials who then informed the postmaster that his hundreds of naming suggestions were "enough".[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enough (historical)
  2. "Iron County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. Stewart, George R. (1970). Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 71. p. 13. PRNC:32101081977066.
  4. "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 11 October 2016.


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