Edgewood is a borough in
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, adjacent to the city of Pittsburgh. The population was 3,118 at the 2010 census.
History
Edgewood was incorporated on December 1, 1888. Its historic landmarks include the Edgewood Borough Building where the police and fire service are also housed; the First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood; the Edgewood Community House which is home to both CC Mellor Memorial Library and the Edgewood Club; Memorial Park; Koenig Community Field and Field House; Edgewood Primary School (which was originally a K-12 in Edgewood's own district but was incorporated into the Woodland Hills School District merger in 1982, and most recently serves as a K-6 school building); and an historic train station. The Gardner-Bailey House is on the
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.
Geography
Edgewood is located at 40°25′55"N 79°53′4"W (40.431868, -79.884321).
According to the
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, the borough has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
At the 2000
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, there were 3,311 people, 1,639 households and 824 families residing in the borough. The
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was 5,600.2 per square mile (2,166.8/km²). There were 1,730 housing units at an average density of 2,926.1/sq mi (1,132.1/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 89.13% White, 7.85% African American, 0.12% Native American, 1.48% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.51% from
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, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.36% of the population.
There were 1,639 households of which 19.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.3% were
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living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.7% were non-families. 40.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.99 and the average family size was 2.75.
Age distribution was 17.4% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 85.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.1 males.
The
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was $52,153, and the median family income was $68,281. Males had a median income of $47,292 versus $38,950 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the borough was $39,188. About 1.8% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 1.5% of those age 65 or over.
Government
Edgewood is governed by a
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under the administration of Mayor Jean O. Davin (
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), who took office in 2002. The council is composed of seven members:
- Jennifer Gleba (R
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)
- Mal Hellett (R
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)
- Audrey Waldock (D
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)
- Gregg Bowers (R
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)
- Jack Bright (R
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)
- Patricia Schaefer (D
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)
- Jack Wilson (D
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)
Councilwoman Schaefer is the president of the council.
Notable people
- David Conrad
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, actor
- James L. Swauger
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, archaeologist
- Jane Grey Swisshelm, abolitionist and leading figure of the early woman's movement
- George Westinghouse
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, inventor
Willard Rockwell, Business man
See also
- Edgewood Country Club
Edgewood Country Club is a private golf, social, and tennis club located in Churchill, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Country Club was founded in 1898 in Edgewood, Pennsylvania and then moved in 1921 to Churchill where Donald Ross designed its new golf course while also working on the design of...
- Woodland Hills School District
Woodland Hills School District is a public school district located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, serving twelve municipalities in the Pittsburgh area; Braddock, Braddock Hills, Chalfant, Churchill, East Pittsburgh, Edgewood, Forest Hills, North Braddock, Rankin, Swissvale, Turtle Creek and...
- Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf is a school for deaf and hard of hearing children in Edgewood, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1869....
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