Enos, Indiana

Enos, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°00′50″N 87°26′57″W / 41.01389°N 87.44917°W / 41.01389; -87.44917
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Newton
Township	McClellan
Elevation [1]	669 ft (204 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	47963
Area code	219
GNIS feature ID	434215[1]

Enos is an unincorporated community in McClellan Township, Newton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[1]

History

Enos was laid out as a town in 1907.^[2]

In 1986, the rural area near Enos, Indiana, received attention in connection with the disappearance and murder of Chicago Outfit figure and Las Vegas Mobster Anthony Spilotro. Spilotro and his brother Michael were later found buried in a cornfield in the vicinity of Enos, bringing brief notoriety to the area. The events surrounding Spilotro’s activities in Las Vegas later inspired elements of the 1995 film Casino (1995), directed by Martin Scorsese. In the film, the character Nicky Santoro, who was based in part on Spilotro, is depicted being killed and buried in a Midwestern cornfield, a scene widely interpreted as reflecting the circumstances of Spilotro’s death.^[3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enos, Indiana
2. Ade, John (1911). Newton County: A Collection of Historical Facts and Personal Recollections Concerning Newton County, Indiana, from 1853 to 1911. Bobbs-Merrill. pp. 195.
3. "Tony Spilotro". The Mob Museum.