Eldorado is located on the north side of Marshyhope Creek and connected by a bridge to the village of Brookview across the creek. Formerly known as “The Ferry,” Eldorado was the northern end of Crocket’s Ferry that connected the two villages until 1903.

In 1674, Thomas Hackett arrived in the area with 66 colonists to settle a 3,350-acre parcel of land for Richard Angell. A portion of that land was patented from Lord Baltimore in 1732 and named Hackett’s Adventure. The land has remained in the family’s name to the present day. The plantation named “Rehoboth,” patented by Captain James Lee of Virginia in 1673, is a well known landmark adjoining Eldorado.

Eldorado is now a small farming village with one store, a community center, and a volunteer fire department that operates jointly with Brookview to serve the entire northeastern region of Dorchester County.

There are numerous historical markers and locations to visit in the Nanticoke River and Marshyhope Creek area of eastern Dorchester County. Eldorado is a convenient place for visitors to begin their tours.