Editing Edgewood, New Mexico (section)

== History ==
Homesteaders moving into the American West created the initial settlements that grew into what is now the town of Edgewood.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/Programs-Environmental%20Deisgn/Edgewood%20Bassett%20Ranch%20brochure.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723001934/http://nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/Programs-Environmental%20Deisgn/Edgewood%20Bassett%20Ranch%20brochure.pdf |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Taking advantage of the federal [[Homestead Acts]], pioneer families obtained land claims and began farming and ranching in the Edgewood area during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edgewood-nm.gov/pdf/Compfinal.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012184544/http://www.edgewood-nm.gov/pdf/Compfinal.pdf |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Edgewood was founded by a group of southern Santa Fe County residents and landowners. After the incorporation of the town in 1999, large areas of land were annexed. Efforts by the town government to avoid annexing properties whose owners did not wish to be brought within the town boundaries resulted in a checkerboard pattern of incorporated and unincorporated properties, one of the issues to be resolved in the town's Comprehensive Plan.<ref>[http://www.mvtelegraph.com/mountain/579654mtnview07-19-07.htm http://www.mvtelegraph.com/mountain/579654mtnview07-19-07.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20071231130416/http://www.mvtelegraph.com/mountain/579654mtnview07-19-07.htm |date=December 31, 2007 }} ''www.mvtelegraph.com''</ref> One controversial annexation greatly enlarged the municipal boundaries and was the source of vigorous public debate. Despite two appeals and one lawsuit, the annexation was upheld.