From the Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory 1882:

ELDRIDGE. Junction on the C. M. & St. P. Ry of the Davenport line and Maquoketa branch of that road in Scott County, 11 miles north of Davenport and 38 south of Maquoketa. Hogs, barley, wheat, and corn are shipped. Church, Presbyterian. School, public. Population 90. Exp. U.S. tel., W.U. Mail daily. J.D. McClarmich, postmaster.

Beocken C, hotel proprietor
Hero C.O. shoemaker
Remmerer Dr C.T., druggist
Rogers John, blacksmith and barbed wire
Sheppard C.E., railroad and express agent
Stephen Still, blacksmith
Van Epe E.R., general store