1935 Map of Eldon

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Eldon serves as the central hub of this 1935 survey, where the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad creates a distinct industrial corridor through the northern landscape. The settlement pattern here is deeply connected to transportation, evidenced by the secondary clusters at Aurora Springs and West Aurora, and the presence of the Aurora Springs Sta. This era represents a transition in Missouri's rural infrastructure, where established country schools like Franklin School, Pleasant Hill Sch, and Ginger Ridge Sch dot the ridges above the complex drainage networks of Gravois Creek and Saline Cr.