Eudora, Kansas

**Eudora** is a city in Douglas County, Kansas, United States.  The city is along the Kansas River and the Wakarusa River. In 2020, 6,408 people lived there.

## Geography

Eudora is at  (38.938213, −95.097417). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

## People

Eudora is part of the Lawrence, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

### 2020 census

In 2020, there were 6,408 people, 2,296 households, and 1,643 families living in Zurich. Of the households, 66.8% owned their home and 33.2% rented their home.

The median age was 35.2 years. Of the people, 87.4% were White, 1.4% were Native American, 0.8% were Black, 0.5% were Asian, 0.1% were Pacific Islanders, 1.1% were from some other race, and 8.6% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.1% of the people.

## Government

The Eudora government has five city commissioners. They elect the mayor. The City Commission meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 7PM.
- City Hall, 4 East 7th St.

## Transportation

Eudora is next to three state highways, three county highways, and a direct route to one national highway and to one interstate highway:

## Famous people

- Chase Austin, NASCAR driver
- Debra Barnes, 1968 Miss America
- Hugh Beaumont, actor
- Vic Edelbrock, manufacturer, automotive engineer
- Charles Parham, founder of Pentacostalism, presided over Methodist Church services from 1892 to 1894.

## Other websites

- City
- Eudora - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 491, local school district
- Media
- _The Eudora News_, local newspaper
- Eudora Reporter, Eudora news and information
- Maps
- Eudora City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Eudora, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Pascal & Eudora Fish Statue.jpg
- **image caption**: Statue of Paschal Fish and his daughter Eudora (2011)
- **image map**: Douglas_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Eudora_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Douglas Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1859
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 2.98
- **area land sq mi**: 2.94
- **area water sq mi**: 0.05
- **area total km2**: 7.73
- **area land km2**: 7.61
- **area water km2**: 0.12
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 883
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 6408
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 66025
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-21675
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2394705