More historic than 9% of U.S. towns · #374 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Edgewood was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1930.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Edgewood is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #374 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Edgewood’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 Edgewood’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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would still be D. The pre-1940 share (±2.5 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: the first census (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 Edgewood’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost two-thirds of its people between 1930 and 1940, then grew more than tenfold.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Edgewood’s Wikipedia page.
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 city in Orange County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,685 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1930. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,503 to 2,685 (+7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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The Edgewood post office opened in 1930, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Edgewood rank for history?
Edgewood is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #374 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 Edgewood?
2% of Edgewood’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.5 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1978.
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) 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.
