Eldorado, Illinois
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 According to the 1945 Film Daily Yearbook, the 500-seat Grand was one of three movie houses in operation at that time, which also included the Orpheum and the Knox. Today the former Grand is used as a meeting place for a fraternal order.
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Saline |
| Elevation | 390 ft (119 m) |
| Coordinates | 37°48′51″N 88°26′27″W / 37.81417°N 88.44083°WCoordinates: 37°48′51″N 88°26′27″W / 37.81417°N 88.44083°W |
| Area | 2.43 sq mi (6 km2) |
| - land | 2.39 sq mi (6 km2) |
| - water | 0.04 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population | 4,122 (2010) |
| Density | 1,967.8/sq mi (760/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 62930 |
| Area code | 618 |
| FIPS code | 17-23009 |
| GNIS ID | 2394639 |
   Location of Eldorado within Illinois
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Eldorado (
i/ɛldəˈreɪdoʊ/ or /ɛldəˈreɪdə/) is a city in Saline County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,122 at the 2010 census, with a 1925 peak of 8,000. Although the city's name is spelled as if it were Spanish, the name was originally "Elder-Reado"—a combination of the last names of the town's two founders, Judge Samuel Elder and Joseph Read. According to legend, a signpainter for the railroad painted the name "Eldorado" on the train depot; as a result, the spelling and pronunciation was forever changed.
Eldorado is included in the Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky Tri-State Area and is a bedroom community in the Harrisburg Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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