Enough is a

ghost town A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...

in Kaolin Township, Iron County, in the

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. It lies near the headwaters of the Big River. The site is now part of

Mark Twain National Forest Mark Twain National Forest (MTNF) is a U.S. National Forest located in the southern half of Missouri, composed of nine disconnected parcels. MTNF was established on September 11, 1939. It is named for author Mark Twain, a Missouri native. The ...

at the south end of

Council Bluff Lake Council Bluff Lake is a lake in Mark Twain National Forest in Iron County, Missouri. It is 440 acres in area. Some parts of the lake are 87 feet deep. The lake was created when Big River was dammed. The Council Bluff Dam construction began in ...

, 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

Ghost towns in Missouri Former populated places in Iron County, Missouri {{IronCountyMO-geo-stub