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El Dorado was laid out and platted in 1868. The name is of Spanish origin meaning "golden land". [8] El Dorado was incorporated in 1870. [9]In 1877, the Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad Company built a branch line from Florence to El Dorado; in 1881 it was extended to Douglass, and later to Arkansas City. [10]
In 1877, the Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad Company built a branch line from Florence to El Dorado, in 1881 it was extended to Douglass, and later to Arkansas City. [6] The line was leased and operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The line from Florence to El Dorado was abandoned in 1942. [7]
El Dorado Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,700. El Dorado Township was organized in 1867. [1]
The Times-Gazette was founded in 1919 through the merger of two competing El Dorado dailies, [1] the El Dorado Republican (founded May 5, 1885) and the Walnut Valley Times (founded March 4, 1870, daily since March 1, 1887). GateHouse Media merged the operations of the Times-Gazette with the Andover American and Augusta Daily Gazette.
The Butler County Courthouse is a public courthouse constructed in 1909, [2] in El Dorado, Kansas.It was designed by George P. Washburn & Sons to serve as the main county courthouse for Butler County.
El Dorado USD 490 is a public unified school district headquartered in El Dorado, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of El Dorado, De Graff , Oil Hill , and nearby rural areas.
K-254 is a 27.369-mile-long (44.046 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas and links Wichita to El Dorado. K-254 begins at the intersection of Interstate 135 (I-135), I-235, U.S. Route 81 (US-81), K-15 and K-96 north of Wichita. It bypasses Kechi, Benton and Towanda, ending in downtown El Dorado at an intersection with US-54 and US-77 ...
Pages in category "People from El Dorado, Kansas" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.