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Welcome to Edgewater ...

Edgewater is located in Sawyer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Edgewater, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Edgewater is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Edgewater: 715 & 534<3>

The ZIP code for Edgewater: 54834<4>

Communities Also Named Edgewater ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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), Washington (2) and West Virginia.

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.

  • Hayward
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Hayward is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
  • Birchwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
  • Haugen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Haugen is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
  • Radisson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Radisson is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radisson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
  • Exeland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Exeland is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Couderay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Couderay is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couderay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Stone Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
  • Reserve
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Reserve is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
  • Madge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Madge is located in Washburn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
  • Nobleton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nobleton is located in Washburn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton

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 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 Edgewater was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Edgewater post office opened in 1906. The Edgewater post office closed in 1995.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edgewater.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Sawyer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Edgewater - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Edgewater area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Edgewater area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Edgewater). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Edgewater or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/