More historic than 11% of U.S. towns · #337 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Edgewater was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1920.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1923.
History grade
What drives Edgewater’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Edgewater is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns, #337 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Edgewater’s overall grade.
Few Florida towns list much on the Register (a typical Florida town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Edgewater’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (33% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.0 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1915.
Founding year: Wikipedia (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Edgewater’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Edgewater
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Edgewater, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Edgewater yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Edgewater is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States, situated along the Indian River North, adjacent to the Mosquito Lagoon. It is a part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 US census, the city had a population of 23,097. A settlement in the area was established by John Milton Hawks. It was incorporated in 1915 as the Town of Hawks Park, and kept the name Hawks Park until 1924, when the Florida Legislature renamed it as the City of Edgewater.
Edgewater was established in 1915. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 20,750 to 23,097 (+11%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Edgewater, 1915 to 1950
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In 1915, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Edgewater’s post office opened in 1923, and the census of 1920 counted 133 people here.
How does Edgewater rank for history?
Edgewater is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns, #337 of 638 in Florida. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Edgewater?
1% of Edgewater’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.0 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1988.
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).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
