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ELDORA is the county seat, situated on the Iowa River, on the stage route from Marshalltown to Iowa Falls. It contains two churches, Christian and Methodist; also Montague Lodge of Masons and a Lodge of I. O. O. F. There are three general stores, one drug store, one grocery, one hardware store, one saw-mill and one stone-ware pottery. The Hardin Sentinel is published weekly, by Marcus C. Woodruff. The Iowa River affords superior water power at this point. Population, 400.  (Hair's Iowa State Gazetteer..., 1865)

Latitude
42.360533
Longitude
-93.101295
Type
City or Town
County
Hardin
State
Iowa