Editing Edgewood, Texas

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| official_name      = Edgewood, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = Downtown Edgewood Texas1 (1 of 1).jpg
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| image_caption      = Downtown Edgewood
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| map_caption        = Location of Edgewood, Texas
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Van Zandt County, Texas|Van Zandt]]
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| area_total_km2     = 3.56
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| elevation_ft       = 476
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 75117
| area_code          = [[Area codes 430 and 903|430, 903]]
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| website            = {{URL|https://edgewoodtexas.org/}}
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'''Edgewood''' is a city in [[Van Zandt County, Texas|Van Zandt County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 1,530 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. The town draws its name from its location on the far western edge of the East Texas timberline on [[U.S. Route 80 in Texas|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&nbsp;square miles (3.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all of it land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1880 = 83
| 1920 = 820
| 1930 = 761
| 1940 = 738
| 1950 = 834
| 1960 = 887
| 1970 = 1176
| 1980 = 1413
| 1990 = 1284
| 2000 = 1348
| 2010 = 1441
| 2020 = 1530
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Edgewood racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4822612&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=May 22, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|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.<ref>https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|1,162
|75.95%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|109
|7.12%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|13
|0.85%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|7
|0.46%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|1
|0.07%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|3
|0.2%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|51
|3.33%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|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.
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Edgewood city vote<br/> by party in presidential elections<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url= https://newtools.cira.state.tx.us/upload/page/2685/2020%20Home/20201116130837479.pdf|title=2020 Election Results|website=vanzandtcounty.org}}</ref>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.00% ''121''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''79.17%''' ''479''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.83% ''5''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.37% ''109''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''77.38%''' ''414''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.24% ''12''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.55% ''139''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.35%''' ''399''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.10% ''6''
|}

==Education==
The Town of Edgewood is served by the [[Edgewood Independent School District (Van Zandt County, Texas)|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==
<references />
{{notelist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.edgewoodheritagefestival.com/ Edgewood Heritage Festival]
* [https://edgewoodtexas.org/ City of Edgewood]

{{Van Zandt County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Towns in Texas]]
[[Category:Towns in Van Zandt County, Texas]]