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Welcome to Edgewood ...

Edgewood is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Edgewood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Edgewood is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Edgewood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Edgewood: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Edgewood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Edgewood: This one is located in Pike County and the other is located in Saint Louis County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 84 communities that are also named Edgewood - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California, Connecticut (2), Florida (3), Georgia (5), Illinois (5), Indiana (5), Iowa, Kentucky (3), Maryland (4), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (3), North Carolina (5), Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (6), Rhode Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (4), Texas (3), Utah, Virginia (8), Washington, West Virginia (4) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Edgewood ...

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

  • Bowling Green
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Louisiana
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Elsberry
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Eolia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarksville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Nebo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Nebo is located in Pike County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nebo <4>
  • Silex
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Silex is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
  • Curryville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Curryville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Hamburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hamburg is located in Calhoun County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamburg <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Edgewood ...

Looking for more information about Edgewood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Edgewood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Edgewood.

Adding Edgewood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Edgewood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Edgewood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Edgewood post office opened in 1879. The Edgewood post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edgewood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Edgewood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Edgewood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Edgewood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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