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Eldon is a city located in Wapello County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 998. Eldon was the site of the two-story farmhouse in painter Grant Wood's "American Gothic" (1930).

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Wapello County, Iowa - 2000 - Grant Wood - American Gothic - 1930

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Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold (who was born in nearby Ottumwa, Iowa) opened Roseanne and Tom's Big Food Diner, specializing in loosemeat sandwiches (similar to the specialty of the Lanford Lunch Box, which was owned by the Connor family on the ABC sitcom Roseanne), in Eldon. The restaurant was short-lived, operating from March 13, 1993, until 1995. (The couple divorced in 1994.)

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Roseanne Barr - Tom Arnold - Ottumwa, Iowa - ABC - Sitcom - Roseanne - March 13 - 1993 - 1995 - 1994

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