Eldridge is a town in Walker County, Alabama, United States.

A unit of Gen. James H. Wilson's cavalry corps, under the command of Brig.-Gen. Edward M. McCook, passed through Eldridge while en route to Jasper and Selma, during the War of the States in March 1865.

[3] Upon hearing of the advance of the Union forces, residents in Eldridge were obliged to conceal their home valuables by burying them in the ground.

[4] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the town was 95.65% White and 4.35% Black or African American.