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History · Edgewood

Edgewood’s post office opened in 1866, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 29% of U.S. towns · #146 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it

Its Register listings are the Presbury Meetinghouse and the Gunpowder Meetinghouse. Most of Edgewood was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1893 on, and the census since 2000.

1866first post office
2on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
6famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Edgewood’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Edgewood began

When was Edgewood founded?

1866

The Edgewood post office opened in 1866, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Van Bibber (1887) and Fort Hoyle (1926), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 23,378 in 20002020 census: 25,713160 years

How historic is Edgewood?

C

More historic than 29% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Edgewood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Edgewood’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Edgewood is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns, #146 of 261 in Maryland. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Edgewood’s overall grade.
Founding era1866, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19402.4% of homes (±1.4) · typical MD town 3.3% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register2 listings, 0.8 per 10,000 residents · typical MD town 0.9 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 29%
NewerOlder
Maryland towns of 2,500+ (261)Ahead of 44%

Few Maryland towns list much on the Register (a typical Maryland town has 0.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Edgewood’s 0.8 sits near the middle of its state (46% of Maryland towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±1.4 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (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 villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Edgewood, and 31 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18936 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1985. Watch Edgewood change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Edgewood’s post office has been open since 1866. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Edgewood
1866–today
Van Bibber
1887–1918
Fort Hoyle
1926–1940
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Ashby PlaceClearviewCourts of Harford SquareCrestwood AcresEdgewater VillageEdgewood HeightsEdgewood MeadowsHarbour OaksHarford CommonsHarford LandingHarford ManorHarford Mobile VillageHarford SquareHolman ManorJohnson ManorMagnolia Estates Mobile Home ParkMartin ManorMcComasMeadowoodPerry's Mobile Home ParkRivershoreScholar WoodsStoneleigh SquareThe Timbers
Gone or out of use
Fort HoylemilitaryGunpowder Methodist Episcopal ChurchchurchNike Site BA-18CmilitaryNike Site BA-18LmilitaryPhiladelphia Gunning Clublocale

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewEl Dorado Motel, Pulaski Hwy., Rt. No. …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Edgewood on the map, 1893 to 1985

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 1893 USGS mapEdgewood on the 1901 USGS mapEdgewood on the 1941 USGS mapEdgewood on the 1951 USGS mapEdgewood on the 1970 USGS mapEdgewood on the 1985 USGS map1893Gunpowder sheet · 1:62,500

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 an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population was 25,562 at the 2010 census, up from 23,378 in 2000.

Its first post office opened in 1866. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 25,562 in 2010, 25,713 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Edgewood, 1866 to 2000

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1866Post officeThe Edgewood post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Van Bibber post office opens
  4. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1918Post officeThe Van Bibber post office closes
  7. 1926Post officeThe Fort Hoyle post office opens
  8. 1930In the archiveEl Dorado Motel, Pulaski Hwy., Rt. No. 40, 20 miles north of Baltimore -- 10 miles south …
  9. 1940Post officeThe Fort Hoyle post office closes
  10. 1963Born hereDavid Drake is born here
  11. 1969Born hereJohnathon Schaech is born here
  12. 1973Born hereZach Thornton is born here
  13. 21st century
  14. 2000Born hereChris Robinson is born here
By decade

Edgewood, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s1 item
El Dorado Motel, Pulaski Hwy., Rt. No. 40, 20 miles north of Baltimore -- 10 miles south of Aberdeen (81801)c. 1930El Dorado Motel, Pulaski Hwy., Rt. No. 40, 20 miles n…
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today11 recent
2019-06-05 10 27 38 View south along Interstate 95 (J.F.K. Memorial Highway) at Exit 74 (Maryland State Route 152, Jopp…20192019-06-05 10 27 38 View south along Interstate 95 (J…2019-06-05 10 23 48 View south along Interstate 95 (J.F.K. Memorial Highway) at Exit 77A (Maryland State Route 24, Bel …20192019-06-05 10 23 48 View south along Interstate 95 (J…2019-06-05 10 22 35 View south along Interstate 95 (J.F.K. Memorial Highway) at Exit 77B (TO Maryland State Route 924, …20192019-06-05 10 22 35 View south along Interstate 95 (J…2016-06-11 19 22 28 View north along Interstate 95 (John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway) just north of Exit 74 in20162016-06-11 19 22 28 View north along Interstate 95 (J…2016-06-11 07 21 41 View north along Maryland State Route 24 (Emmorton Road) just north of Trimble Road in20162016-06-11 07 21 41 View north along Maryland State R…2016-06-11 06 58 08 View north from the south end of Maryland State Route 152 (Magnolia Road) in20162016-06-11 06 58 08 View north from the south end of …MDARNG's 2015 Best Warrior Competition 150313-A-CY398-8622015MDARNG's 2015 Best Warrior Competition 150313-A-CY398…Boys and Girls Club before and after2014Boys and Girls Club before and afterOld drawing of a Chlorine-Caustic Soda Plant2012Old drawing of a Chlorine-Caustic Soda PlantWhistlestop tour2009Whistlestop tourMDMap-doton-Edgewood2004MDMap-doton-Edgewood
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

El Dorado Motel, Pulaski Hwy., Rt. No. 40, 20 miles north of Baltimore -- 10 miles south of Aberdeen (81801)
Retake this viewEl Dorado Motel, Pulaski Hwy., Rt. No. 40, 20 miles north of Baltimore -- 10 miles south of Aberdeen (81801), c. 1930

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Edgewood’s page.

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

2 historic places in Edgewood

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
Presbury Meetinghouse
Presbury MeetinghouseGunpowder Meetinghouse
Buildings
Presbury MeetinghouseBuilding
Gunpowder MeetinghouseBuilding

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

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00020002020Peak: 25,713

Between 23,378 and 25,713 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.

Famous people

6 famous people were born in Edgewood

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

See all →
Johnathon SchaechAmerican actor · b. 1969
C
Chris RobinsonAmerican film director and music video director · b. 2000
Zach ThorntonAmerican soccer player · b. 1973
D
David DrakeAmerican actor, writer and director · b. 1963
R
Raven BarberAmerican basketball player · b. 1991
William H. Cox Jr.American politician · b. 1942
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

JoppatowneIts storyDAbingdon1 historic placeB

Questions about Edgewood’s history

What year was Edgewood founded?

The Edgewood post office opened in 1866, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Edgewood rank for history?

Edgewood is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns, #146 of 261 in Maryland. 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.

What is on the National Register in Edgewood?

Two places: the Presbury Meetinghouse (listed 1974) and the Gunpowder Meetinghouse (1974).

How old are the homes in Edgewood?

2% of Edgewood’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.4 points), against a typical 3.3% for a Maryland town; the median home was built in 1980.

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 Wikimedia Commons (12), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.