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Welcome to Edgewater ...

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

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

Edgewater would have been located within present day King County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Edgewater, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Edgewater is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Edgewater was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Edgewater ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Washington communities named Edgewater: This one is located in King County and the other is located in Snohomish County.

Beyond Washington, there are 31 communities that are also named Edgewater - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, Colorado, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (2), Michigan (2), New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia (3), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Edgewater ...

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

  • Seattle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bellevue
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Kent
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in King County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <5>
  • Renton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Kirkland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Redmond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sammamish
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Shoreline
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Burien
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Bothell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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 Edgewater. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Edgewater.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Edgewater. 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 Edgewater.

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

Adding Edgewater to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Edgewater 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 Edgewater was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Edgewater post office opened in 1889.

We also found Edgewater in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edgewater.

The official website for King County: www.metrokc.gov/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Edgewater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including King, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Edgewater - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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