Edgewood

Geography

Edgewood is located in southwestern Harford County. It is bordered to the west by Baltimore County, Joppatowne, to the north by Bel Air South, to the east by the Bush River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay, to the south by the Edgewood Arsenal portion of Aberdeen Proving Ground, and to the southwest by the tidal Gunpowder River, another arm of the Chesapeake. Interstate 95 forms the northern border of the Edgewood CDP and provides access from Exit 74 (Maryland Route 152) and Exit 77 (Maryland Route 24). I-95 leads southwest to Baltimore and northeast to Wilmington, Delaware. U.S. Route 40 (Pulaski Highway) runs through the northern part of Edgewood, parallel to I-95. US 40 leads southwest to White Marsh and the same distance northeast to Aberdeen. Maryland Route 24 begins at an entrance to Aberdeen Proving Ground in the southern part of the CDP and leads north to Bel Air, the Harford County seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Edgewood CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.77%, are water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Aberdeen High
  High · Aberdeen · 1,495 students · 14.8:1 ratio
• Bel Air High
  High · Bel Air · 1,489 students · 16.4:1 ratio
• Edgewood High
  High · Edgewood · 1,415 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• C. Milton Wright High
  High · Bel Air · 1,266 students · 15.1:1 ratio
• Southampton Middle
  Middle · Bel Air · 1,175 students · 15.5:1 ratio
• Bel Air Middle
  Middle · Bel Air · 1,138 students · 14.4:1 ratio
• Aberdeen Middle
  Middle · Aberdeen · 1,082 students · 12.3:1 ratio
• Homestead/Wakefield Elementary
  Elementary · Bel Air · 1,057 students · 17.6:1 ratio