El Dorado, Kansas El Dorado, Kansas Main & Pine in El Dorado (2012) Main & Pine in El Dorado (2012) Location inside Butler County and Kansas Location inside Butler County and Kansas El Dorado (Listeni/ ld re do / el-d -ray-doh) is town/city and governmental center of county of Butler County, Kansas, United States.
It is situated along the Walnut River in the central part of Butler County and positioned in south-central Kansas.
El Dorado was laid out and platted in 1868.
The name is of Spanish origin meaning "golden land". El Dorado was incorporated in 1870. In 1877, the Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad Company assembled a branch line from Florence to El Dorado; in 1881 it was extended to Douglass, and later to Arkansas City. The line was leased and directed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
The line from Florence to El Dorado was abandoned in 1942. The initial branch line connected Florence, Burns, De Graff, El Dorado, Augusta, Douglass, Rock, Akron, Winfield, and Arkansas City.
In 1915, the El Dorado Oil Field was the first petroleum field that was found using science/geologic mapping, and part of the Mid-Continent petroleum province.
By 1918, the El Dorado Oil Field was the biggest single field producer in the USA, and was responsible for 12.8% of nationwide petroleum manufacturing and 9% of the world production.
On June 10, 1958, a tornado hit El Dorado and killed 13 citizens .
El Dorado is positioned at 37 49 16 N 96 51 30 W (37.821117, 96.858281). The town/city is situated along the bank of the Walnut River, southwest of El Dorado Lake.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.92 square miles (23.10 km2), of which 8.86 square miles (22.95 km2) is territory and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, El Dorado has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. El Dorado is part of the Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The El Dorado Refinery is presently owned and directed by Holly - Frontier, is situated on the southwest edge of El Dorado.
El Dorado Refinery is the biggest in Kansas.
El Dorado is home to Butler Community College, as well as one high school, one middle school, and 5 undertaking schools.
Butler's men's basketball program also has a rich tradition, including a nationwide championship in 1953, NJCAA nationwide tournament runners-up in 1992 and 1993, a nationwide tournament third-place finish in 1996, seven Jayhawk Conference championships since 1990, four NJCAA players of the year, ten NJCAA All-Americans, and three NBA draft picks.
The El Dorado Broncos are a summer amateur baseball team composed primarily of college players.
In April 2010, the Hot Rod Cafe (formerly the El Dorado theater on Main Street) was filmed for the documentary reality tv series American Pickers episode "Easy Riders", which aired July 26, 2010. The 1969 film The Gypsy Moths was filmed in part in El Dorado.
The City of El Dorado maintains an extensive parks and recreation system, including: 12 neighborhood parks, 12 playgrounds, 5 soccer fields, 4 baseball fields, 4 softball fields, 2 spray parks, 2 pools, 2 tennis courts, 2 outside basketball courts, a baseball stadium, an 18-hole golf course, and a 6.3 mile bike path.
The venue was instead of in 2012 by the Educational Facilities Authority of Butler County, which consists of delegates from the City of El Dorado, Butler Community College and El Dorado Schools (USD 490).
El Dorado State Park is also positioned just beyond the town/city limits and provides many recreational activities, such as boating, fishing, hiking, swimming, horse trails and archery.
Butler County Times-Gazette, small-town journal in El Dorado.
El Dorado is served by various airways broadcasts of the Wichita-Hutchinson listening market area, and satellite radio.
El Dorado is served by over-the-air ATSC digital TV of the Wichita-Hutchinson viewing market area, cable TV, and satellite TV.
For notable prisoners at the El Dorado Correctional Facility, see El Dorado Correctional Facility.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Butler County, Kansas El Dorado Carnegie Library El Dorado Missouri Pacific Depot See also: List of books about Butler County, Kansas City Commission; City of El Dorado.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"El Dorado".
"2010 City Population and Housing Occupancy Status".
Kansas State Historical Society (1916).
History of Butler County Kansas.
Marion County Kansas : Past and Present; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House; LCCN 72-92041; 344 pages; 1972.
Stapleton Oil Well Number 1; Kansas Travel.
El Dorado Oil Field; Kansas Oil Museum.
The discernment and evolution of the El Dorado petroleum field; USGS; 1997.
List of Prisoner Of War (POW) Camps in Kansas.
1958 El Dorado Tornado Photo Collection Climate Summary for El Dorado, Kansas.
General Information Frontier El Dorado Refining Company El Dorado Kansas Frontier Refining, Inc.
Main St., El Dorado, KS, 67042 Theatre/Performing Arts Property For Sale on.
Hot Rod Cafe to be on American Pickers Monday evening, Julie Clements, El Dorado Times, July 23, 2010 (retrieved September 21, 2010) Local & World News, Sports & Entertainment in El Dorado, KS.
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