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is a town in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,893 at the 2000 census.
Homesteaders moving into the American West created the initial settlements that grew into what is now the town of Edgewood. Taking advantage of the federal Homestead Act, pioneer families obtained land claims and began farming and ranching in the Edgewood area during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Edgewood was founded by a group of southern Santa Fe county residents and landowners. After the incorporation of the town of the town in 1999, large areas of land were annexed. Efforts by the town government to avoid annexing properties whose owners did not wish to be brought within the town boundaries resulted in a checkerboard pattern of incorporated and unincorporated properties, one of the issues to be resolved in the town's Comprehensive Plan. One controversial annexation greatly enlarged the municipal boundaries and was the source of vigorous public debate. Despite two appeals and one lawsuit, the annexation was upheld.
Plans to bring a Wal-Mart to the community were opposed by some residents, and opposition included two lawsuits by Edgewood residents (one lawsuit alleged violations of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act). Both suits were dismissed. In 2007, the Wal-Mart was awarded a liquor licence prior to its opening in March 2008. The Wal-Mart, located approximately from the Interstate 40 interchange, opened in 2008.