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==History==
Eleanor was established in 1934, when [[List of Presidents of the United States|President]] Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady [[Eleanor Roosevelt|Eleanor]] visited the county and developed it as a test site for families.<ref name="hamill" />
As a "[[sundown town]]", like other Franklin Roosevelt towns around the nation (such as [[Greenbelt, Maryland|Greenbelt]], [[Greenhills, Ohio|Greenhills]], [[Greendale, Wisconsin|Greendale]], [[Hanford, Washington|Hanford]], or [[Norris, Tennessee|Norris]]), it was for whites only.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/25/us/25eleanor.html|title=From New Deal to New Hard Times, Eleanor Endures|last=Barry|first=Dan|work=The New York Times|date=December 24, 2009|access-date=November 28, 2011}}</ref>
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