Welcome to Edson ...

Edson is located in Chippewa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Edson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Edson is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Edson: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Edson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Edson - they are located in Alberta, California, Kansas, New York and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Edson ...

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

• Chippewa Falls
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
• Lake Hallie
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
• Stanley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
• Thorp
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Thorp is located in Clark County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
• Augusta
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
• Cadott
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cadott is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
• Cornell
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Cornell is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
• Fall Creek
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
• Estella
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Estella is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
• Gilman
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Gilman is located in Taylor County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people

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

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

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

Adding Edson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Edson 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 Edson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Edson post office opened in 1871. The Edson post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edson.