The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusEldorado is a town in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Eldorado had a population of 317. The Southern Baptist pastor, W. A. Criswell, was born in Eldorado in 1909. He was the long-term pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 446 to 317 (-29%). Half of its homes were built before 1963.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eldorado yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Eldorado’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eldorado’s history is told.
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Eldorado, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Eldorado is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Eldorado has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Citizens Bank Tower in Gould, 9.8 miles away.
Eldorado and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.