The story
Read it all →How Edgewood came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Edgewood.
Edgewood was founded in 1916 by General Motors as a suburb for automotive workers.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Edgewood
Edgewood dates to 1916, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 22% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 1940.
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16%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Edgewood began
When was Edgewood founded?
1916
Edgewood dates its founding to 1916 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1940.
First census: 229 in 19402020 census: 2,053110 years
How historic is Edgewood?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 22% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikipedia.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Edgewood’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Edgewood is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Edgewood’s overall grade.
Founding era1916, from Wikipedia: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 194015.9% of homes (±5.0) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%BNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical IN town 7.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 22%
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Indiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Indiana town has 7.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Edgewood’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (22% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1916.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.0 points).
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 Edgewood’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Edgewood’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Edgewood’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
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Edgewood on the map, 1952 to 1981
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Edgewood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1952Anderson sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Edgewood.
People over time
Edgewood, census by census
Between 229 and 2,326 people in every census since 1940.
9 censuses, 1940–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Edgewood’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Edgewood
Nobody well known was born in Edgewood itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Cory EdwardsAmerican film director and comedian · b. 1968
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Zachary AbelAmerican television actor · b. 1980R
Ray EnrightAmerican film director, screenwriter and film e… · b. 1896
Places that used to be
Old corners
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
South Edgewood
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Edgewood’s history
What year was Edgewood founded?
In 1916, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1940 counted 229 people here.
How does Edgewood rank for history?
Edgewood is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns. 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?
16% of Edgewood’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.0 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1956.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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).
From Wikipedia, 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.