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History · Edgewood

Edgewood’s post office opened in 1870, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Edgewood Store. Below: maps from 1922 on and the census since 2000.

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How Edgewood began

When was Edgewood founded?

1870

The Edgewood post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Edgwood (1902), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 67 in 20002020 census: 72156 years
Founding year: the first Edgewood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Edgewood’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Edgewood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19224 editions of the USGS map, 1922 to 1998. Watch Edgewood change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Edgewood’s history is told.

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On the map

Edgewood on the map, 1922 to 1998

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Edgewood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Edgewood on the 1922 USGS mapEdgewood on the 1954 USGS mapEdgewood on the 1986 USGS mapEdgewood on the 1998 USGS map1922Shasta Valley Sheet No 8 sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Edgewood.

The story so far

Edgewood, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Edgewood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Edgewood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Its population is 72 as of the 2020 census, up from 43 from the 2010 census. Edgewood is located three miles north of the town of Weed.

Its first post office opened in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 43 to 72 (+67%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Edgewood in 1881

Passages that mention Edgewood, cut from the printed page as they were published.

In 1869 a cemetery was laid out in a beautiful spot on the bank of Shasta river, about one-fourth of a mile from Mr. Cavanaugh's, and is called Edgewood cemetery. A post-office with the name of Edgewood was established April 15, 1870, with Mr. Cavanaugh as postmaster, an office he still retains.
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In 1869 a cemetery was laid out in a beautiful spot on the bank of Shasta river, about one-fourth of a mile from Mr. Cavanaugh's, and is called Edgewood cemetery. A post-office with the name of Edgewood was established April 15, 1870, with Mr. Cavanaugh as postmaster, an office he still retains.

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Edgewood, 1870 to 1964

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Edgewood post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902Post officeThe Edgewood post office closes
  5. 1902Post officeThe Edgwood post office opens
  6. 1922On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1964Post officeThe Edgwood post office closes
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Edgewood

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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first listed
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Edgewood Store
Edgewood Store
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals1
One Part Commercial Block1
Edgewood StoreLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Edgewood, census by census

020002020Peak: 72

Between 43 and 72 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Edgewood’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Edgewood had its own post office from 1870 to 1902. Another post office, Edgwood, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Edgewood
1870–1902
Edgwood
1902–1964
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Edgewood’s history

What year was Edgewood founded?

The Edgewood post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Edgewood?

One place: the Edgewood Store (listed 2004).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.