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History · Edgerton

Edgerton’s post office opened in 1925

Most of Edgerton was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 1930.

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How Edgerton began

When was Edgerton founded?

1925

The Edgerton post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 269 in 19302020 census: 153101 years
Founding year: the first Edgerton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Edgerton’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 Edgerton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 512 in 1960; 153 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Edgerton’s history is told.

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People over time

Edgerton, census by census

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Peaked at 512 in 1960; 153 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

The story

How Edgerton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Edgerton.

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Edgerton is at the edge of the Salt Creek Oil Field. Only people who worked directly for one of the oil companies could live on the field. The town of Edgerton was created for the businesses and people needed to support the oil field.

Edgerton has developed close ties with Midwest, a town two miles west. The two share a school and water system. In 2024 the mayor was considering sharing a police force.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Edgerton, 1925 to 1960

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1925Post officeThe Edgerton post office opens
  3. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1960CensusPopulation peaks at 512
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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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On the map

Edgerton on the map, 1955 to 1981

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

Edgerton on the 1955 USGS mapEdgerton on the 1962 USGS mapEdgerton on the 1981 USGS map1955Arminto sheet · 1:250,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Edgerton

Nobody well known was born in Edgerton itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jay HaleyAmerican psychotherapist · b. 1923
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Loren DriscollAmerican opera singer · b. 1928
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Ned LeDouxAmerican country music singer and songwriter · b. 1977

Questions about Edgerton’s history

What year was Edgerton founded?

The Edgerton post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, 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.