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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 | archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071356/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_miller.html | archivedatearchive-date = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdateaccess-date= November 6, 2016}}</ref> A post office called Eldon has been in operation since 1881.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Miller | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdateaccess-date=6 November 2016}}</ref>
 
===2019 tornado===
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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]] |accessdateaccess-date=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedatearchive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>
 
==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|accessdateaccess-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|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|accessdateaccess-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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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]]|accessdateaccess-date=2012-07-08}}</ref> of 2010, there were 4,567 people, 1,984 households, and 1,158 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1282.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 2,242 housing units at an average density of {{convert|629.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.4% of the population.
 
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 | accessdateaccess-date=17 March 2018}}</ref>
 
==Popular culture==
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|author = David Stein
|year = 1998
|accessdateaccess-date = 2009-10-16
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