Welcome to Eldon ...

So far, we found very little information about Eldon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Eldon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Eldon - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Eldon, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Eldon , we believe that it would have been located within present day Cherokee County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Eldon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

The Area Code where Eldon was located: 620

Communities Also Named Eldon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Eldon - they are located in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Texas and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Eldon.

Adding Eldon to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Eldon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Eldon post office opened in 1898.

We also found Eldon on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Eldon.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Eldon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/