Edgewood, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Edgewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75117. The Survey maps it on the Edgewood quadrangle. 1,530 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
On record in Edgewood
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
William H. and Molly P. Humphries Houselisted 2004
Population over time
3 figuresEdgewood grew from 1,348 to 1,530 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,348 | |
| 2010 | 1,441 | +93 (+7%) |
| 2020 | 1,530 | +89 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Edgewood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
125 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Edgewood between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,316 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3301 |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3705 |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIKE GOODE |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09-152 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3103 REKINDLE |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3103 VZCR 3103 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4809 VZCR 3502 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Edgewood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgewood in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Hail | Edgewood | $90,000 | The Van Zandt County Emergency Manager reported golf ball sized hail approximately one mile north of Edgewood. The hail broke windows and damaged several roofs. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $30,000 | Very strong thunderstorm winds damaged 3 homes, 2 barns, a gas station, and a tire store in Edgewood. At the tire store, part of the roof facade was torn of and hanging in front of the building. In addition, many tree limbs and trees were knocked down. Several carports were also damaged. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn in the Edgewood area and impaled wood from the barn into the side of a nearby manufactured home. Large tree limbs were also knocked down on the property. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Edgewood | $20,000 | Baseball sized hail fell in the Edgewood Community in Van Zandt County. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $10,000 | An oak tree fell onto a house in Edgewood. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $10,000 | A house was unroofed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $5,000 | Roof and structural damage was reported at Edgewood from high winds. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $5,000 | A barn was destroyed and power lines were downed by thunderstorms. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Edgewood | $4,000 | Damage occurred near the city of Edgewood, in Van Zandt County, during the afternoon of Thursday, May 11, 2017. The tornado occurred for approximately 2 miles, yet had a noncontinuous path. Damage began to the south of Edgewood, along Van Zandt County Road 3212. The damage then moved to the northeast before ending near FM 859. Two homes suffered damage, with the bulk of the damage coming from airborne debris hitting the houses. Several residents in the area reported seeing the tornado as it moved in a noncontinuous path southwest and south of Edgewood. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Edgewood | $3,000 | High water was reported on several roads and vehicles were stalled in Edgewood and Fruitvale. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $2,000 | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $1,000 | An estimated 60 mph wind gust was reported 3 miles north of Edgewood on SH 19. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Edgewood | - | Amateur radio reported 1 inch hail just west of Fruitvale. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | Report of tree limbs down and power outages via mPing. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | A trained spotter measured 66 mph winds with a handheld anemometer. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH in the city of Edgewood, TX. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 67 MPH approximately one mile north of the city of Edgewood, TX. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | Trained weather spotter reports an approximate wind gust of 65 mph. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | Trees were blown down. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Elwood | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fruitvale | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lawrence Springs | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Myrtle Springs | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wills Point | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Clifton | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Saline | 9.5 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Edgewood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q970916 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1335087. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




