Edgerton (neighborhood)
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Edgerton is a neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Rochester, New York that sits between the Genesee River on the east and the Erie Canal bed on the west. One of the city's oldest and largest residential areas, Edgerton is among the most ethnically, linguistically, and racially diverse communities in Western New York. The neighborhood has been called "the Bermuda Triangle of Rochester" because of its "nearly invisible" status in local politics. Edgerton is currently the poorest neighborhood in Rochester, with an Unemployment Rate higher than that of the United States during the Great Depression.
Edgerton | |
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Rochester Neighborhood | |
Nickname(s): The Bermuda Triangle, the Ninth Ward, the Tenth Ward | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
City | Rochester |
Quadrant | Northwest |
Colonized | 1815 (as McCrackenville) |
Organized | 1850 (as the Ninth Ward) |
Recognized | 1961 (as Edgerton) |
Named for | Hiram Edgerton |
Area | |
• Total | 0.86 sq mi (2.2 km2) |
• Rank | 10th |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,369 |
• Rank | 7th |
• Density | 8,890/sq mi (3,430/km2) |
• Rank | 10th |
Demonym | Edgertonian |
Demographics | |
• Black | 48.4% (12th) |
• Hispanic (non-White) | 19.5% (6th) |
• White | 17.1% (27th) |
• Asian | 15.9% (1st) |
• Mixed race | 5.1% (6th) |
• Other | 0.9% (7th) |
Economics | |
• Median income | $17,200 |
• Rank | 34th (last) |
Time zone | Eastern Standard Time |
ZIP Code(s) | 14608, 14613 |
Edgerton has been one of the largest contributors to Rochester's physical, political, and social landscapes, especially during the neighborhood's time as the "heart of the city" in the 20th century. The home of radicals like Helen Barrett Montgomery and innovators like George Eastman, Edgerton is the birthplace of the first commercially successful flexible film and the modern vocational school. Today, the neighborhood contains the largest urban farm in Western New York, an abundance of public art and innovative architecture, and some of Rochester's most famous parks, such as Edgerton Park and the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Lower Falls Park and Jones Square Park.