Edgewater, Florida | |
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| City of Edgewater | |
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| Nickname: "The Hospitality City" | |
 Location in Volusia County and the state of Florida | |
| Coordinates: 28°57′50″N 80°54′17″W / 28.96389°N 80.90472°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |  Florida |
| County | Volusia |
| Incorporated (Town of Hawks Park) | 1915[1] |
| Incorporated (City of Edgewater) | 1924[2] |
| Founded by | John Milton Hawks |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–Manager |
| • Mayor | Diezel DePew |
| • City Manager | Glenn Irby |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.11 sq mi (65.02 km2) |
| • Land | 24.71 sq mi (64.00 km2) |
| • Water | 0.40 sq mi (1.02 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 23,097 |
| • Density | 934.76/sq mi (360.91/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 32132, 32141 |
| Area code | 386 |
| FIPS code | 12-19825 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2403541 |
| Website | www.cityofedgewater.org |
Edgewater is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States, situated along the Indian River North, adjacent to the Mosquito Lagoon. It is a part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 US census, the city had a population of 23,097.
A settlement in the area was established by John Milton Hawks. It was incorporated in 1915 as the Town of Hawks Park[1] and kept the name Hawks Park until 1924 when the Florida Legislature renamed as the City of Edgewater.[2]
- ^ a b A List of Municipal Corporations in Florida: Prepared by the Historical Records Survey, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Progress Administration. Florida Historical Records Survey. 1939. p. 26.
- ^ a b Edgewater Archived 2013-03-11 at the Wayback Machine Volusia County website
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.