Edgewood, Texas

Edgewood, Texas
City
Downtown Edgewood
Location of Edgewood, Texas
Coordinates: 32°41′35″N95°52′46″W / 32.69306°N 95.87944°W / 32.69306; -95.87944
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Van Zandt
Area [1]
• Total	1.38 sq mi (3.56 km2)
• Land	1.36 sq mi (3.52 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation [2]	476 ft (145 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,530
• Density	1,100/sq mi (430/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	75117
Area codes	430, 903
FIPS code	48-22612 [3]
GNIS feature ID	2412468 [2]
Website	edgewoodtexas.org

Edgewood is a city in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,530 at the 2020 census. The town draws its name from its location on the far western edge of the East Texas timberline on U.S. Highway 80, approximately 60 miles east of Dallas.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.5 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	83		—
1920	820		—
1930	761		−7.2%
1940	738		−3.0%
1950	834		13.0%
1960	887		6.4%
1970	1,176		32.6%
1980	1,413		20.2%
1990	1,284		−9.1%
2000	1,348		5.0%
2010	1,441		6.9%
2020	1,530		6.2%
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

Edgewood racial composition as of 2020 ^[5]
(NH = Non-Hispanic) ^[a]

Race	Number	Percentage
White (NH)	1,162	75.95%
Black or African American (NH)	109	7.12%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)	13	0.85%
Asian (NH)	7	0.46%
Pacific Islander (NH)	1	0.07%
Some Other Race (NH)	3	0.2%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)	51	3.33%
Hispanic or Latino	184	12.03%
Total	1,530

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,530 people, 558 households, and 439 families residing in the town.

Politics

The city of Edgewood is a Republican stronghold, like the rest of Van Zandt County. The city of Edgewood's limits are coterminous with Van Zandt County voter precinct 1E.

Edgewood city vote
by party in presidential elections ^[8]

Year	Democratic	Republican	Third Parties
2020	20.00% 121	79.17%479	0.83% 5
2016	20.37% 109	77.38%414	2.24% 12
2012	25.55% 139	73.35%399	1.10% 6

Education

The Town of Edgewood is served by the Edgewood Independent School District.

Notable people

• Cameron McCasland, Emmy-nominated film and television producer
• Chad Morris, College Football Coach

Newspapers and publications

• Edgewood Enterprise
• Van Zandt County News

References

1. "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Edgewood, Texas
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
5. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
6. https://www.census.gov/ ^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}
7. "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
8. "2020 Election Results" (PDF). vanzandtcounty.org.

1. Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. ^{[6] [7]}

External links

• Edgewood Heritage Festival
• City of Edgewood