Welcome to Edwardsville ...

So far, we found very little information about Edwardsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Edwardsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Edwardsville, please Contact Us.

Edwardsville would have been located within present day Fulton County<2>.

The location of Edwardsville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Edwardsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Edwardsville is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Edwardsville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Edwardsville, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The location where Edwardsville once stood is in the (770) area code.

Communities Also Named Edwardsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Edwardsville - they are located in Alabama (3), Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Edwardsville.

Communities near Edwardsville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Edwardsville.

• Atlanta
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
  • Atlanta is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 512,550 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <5>
• South Fulton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
  • South Fulton is located in Fulton County
• Roswell
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
  • Roswell is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,434 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roswell <5>
• Johns Creek
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johns Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Creek
  • Johns Creek is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,192 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johns Creek <5>
• Alpharetta
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpharetta
  • Alpharetta is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,897 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpharetta <5>
• Marietta
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Marietta is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,786 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <5>
• Smyrna
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
  • Smyrna is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,443 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <5>
• Stonecrest
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
  • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
• Dunwoody West
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunwoody West have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
  • Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
• Peachtree Corners
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Corners
  • Peachtree Corners is located in Gwinnett County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peachtree Corners <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Edwardsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Edwardsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Edwardsville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edwardsville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Edwardsville. See our Newspapers Page for Edwardsville.

Adding Edwardsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Edwardsville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Edwardsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Edwardsville post office opened in 1876.

We also found Edwardsville on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1885.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edwardsville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Fulton County: www.co.fulton.ga.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/