Biohazard Cleanup Near West Eldorado Eldorado, TX

Eldorado is the only incorporated city in Schleicher County and serves as its county seat, located on U.S. Highways 190 and 277 about 43 miles south of San Angelo.

Eldorado was founded in 1895 by W. B. Silliman, who named the new townsite after Eldorado, the mythical city of gold.

To populate the town, Silliman offered free lots to residents of the nearby town of Verand, and the Verand post office was transferred to Eldorado the same year.

By 1896 Eldorado had two general stores and about 100 residents.

When Schleicher County was organized in 1901, Eldorado was named county seat, and it grew quickly during the county land rushes of 1901 to 1905.

Eldorado's residents voted to incorporate in 1925, reversed the decision in 1927 because they disliked the higher taxes and a livestock ordinance, then voted to incorporate again in 1929.

The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway was built through Eldorado in 1930, though the tracks were eventually pulled up in 1976.

The West Texas Woolen Mills plant in Eldorado held its grand opening on February 27, 1941, and produced woolen blankets during World War II.

Eldorado's population peaked at an estimated 2,790 in the mid-1960s before declining; the 2020 census counted 1,574 residents in the city.

Eldorado covers only about 1.4 square miles, making it a compact county-seat town in the ranch country of the Edwards Plateau.