Eldridge, Alabama
town in Alabama
Eldridge is a town in Walker County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1972. As of the 2020 census, Eldridge had a population of 136.
History
A unit of Gen. James H. Wilson's cavalry corps, under the command of Brig.-Gen. Edward M. McCook, passed through Eldridge while en route to Jasper and Selma, during the Civil War in March 1865. Upon hearing of the advance of the Union forces, residents in Eldridge were obliged to conceal their home valuables by burying them in the ground.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all land.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 184 people, 69 households, and 52 families residing in the town. The population density was 262.9 inhabitants per square mile (101.5/km2).
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Alabama. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q68374. Authority coordinates are 33.920, -87.621. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1972, 2020, 1865 and 2000.
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