Native American people are known to have lived in the vicinity before the arrival of colonists in the 17th century. The Lenape were a local tribe of Native Americans associated with the neighboring borough of Fort Lee… See more

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.46 square miles (6.36 km ), including 0.97 square miles (2.52 km ) of land and 1.48 square miles (3.84 km ) of water (60.33%).
The boroug… See more

As of March 2011 about 2,500 Japanese-Americans lived in Edgewater and Fort Lee; this is the largest concentration of Japanese-Americans in New Jersey. In the 2013–2017 American Community Survey, 35.7% of re… See more

Edgewater was the location of the Lever Brothers research center where chemist Vincent Lamberti, a holder of over 118 patents, spent most of his 40 years for the company, and where he invented Dove soap, … See more

Borough Hall, the Binghamton Ferry and the Edgewater Public Library are listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1904, Borough Hall was granted $4… See more