Eldon

Eldon is a city in , United States. The population was 783 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the home of the small Carpenter Gothic style that served as the backdrop for Grant Wood's 1930 painting, American Gothic.
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  • Type: Village with 783 residents
  • Description: city in Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: Eldon, IA” and “Eldon, Iowa
  • Postal code: 52554

Places of Interest

Highlights include American Gothic House.

Photo: Jehjoyce, Public domain.
The , also known as the Dibble House, is a house in Eldon, Iowa, designed in the Carpenter Gothic style with a distinctive upper window.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Batavia.

Village
is a city in , , United States. The population was 430 at the 2020 census. It was established in 1846. is situated 6 miles northeast of Eldon.

Eldon

Latitude
40.91805° or 40° 55′ 5″ north
Longitude
-92.22195° or 92° 13′ 19″ west
Population
783
Elevation
620 feet (189 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US 7EL
Open location code
86G9WQ9H+66
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151503299
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4855208
Wiki­data ID
Q1932782
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Eldon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إلدون
  • Basque: Eldon
  • Catalan: Eldon
  • Cebuano: Eldon
  • Chechen: Элдон
  • Chinese: Eldon
  • Chinese: 埃爾登
  • Danish: Eldon
  • Dutch: Eldon
  • Egyptian Arabic: الدون
  • French: Eldon
  • German: Eldon
  • Gilaki: الدون (آیؤوا)
  • Gilaki: الدون
  • Haitian: Eldon, Iowa
  • Haitian: Eldon
  • Ido: Eldon, Iowa
  • Ido: Eldon
  • Irish: Eldon
  • Italian: Eldon
  • Kazakh: Éldon
  • Kazakh: Элдон
  • Kazakh: ەلدون
  • Kirghiz: Элдон
  • Ladin: Eldon
  • Malagasy: Eldon, Iowa
  • Malagasy: Eldon
  • Mazanderani: الدون (آیووا)
  • Mazanderani: الدون
  • Min Nan Chinese: Eldon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Eldon
  • Persian: الدون، آیووا
  • Persian: الدون
  • Polish: Eldon
  • Portuguese: Eldon
  • Serbian: Eldon
  • Serbian: Елдон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Eldon, Iowa
  • Serbo-Croatian: Eldon
  • South Azerbaijani: الدون، آیووا
  • Spanish: Eldon
  • Tatar: Элдон
  • Turkish: Eldon
  • Ukrainian: Елдон
  • Uzbek: Eldon
  • Uzbek: Елдон
  • Vietnamese: Eldon, Iowa
  • Vietnamese: Eldon
  • Volapük: Eldon
  • Welsh: Eldon, Iowa
  • Welsh: Eldon

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Christian Church and Eldon First Baptist Church.

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