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>
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) - Birchwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Haugen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Radisson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Exeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Couderay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Stone Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Reserve
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Madge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Nobleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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 for Edgewater was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Edgewater post office opened in 1906.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Edgewater.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Edgewater. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sawyer County: www.sawyercountygov.org/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
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> | 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |