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|area_code = [[Area code 573|573]]
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==History==
Eldon was [[plat]]ted in 1881, and according to tradition, named after a railroad official.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_miller.html |
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Eldon is located near the head of [[Saline Creek (Osage River)|Saline Creek]]. The city is served by [[U.S. Route 54]] and [[Missouri Route 52]]. [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] is 30 miles to the northeast. [[Bagnell Dam]] and the [[Lake of the Ozarks]] is approximately 10 miles south.<ref>''Eldon, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1959 (1981 rev.)</ref>
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.56|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |
==Demographics==
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|estyear=2019
|estimate=4706
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|
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===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|
There were 1,984 households, of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.6% were non-families. 36.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.94.
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Eldon has a [[public library]], a branch of the Heartland Regional Library System.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.heartland.lib.mo.us/eldon-branch | title=Eldon Branch | publisher=Heartland Regional Library System |
==Popular culture==
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|author = David Stein
|year = 1998
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