About Edgmont Township:

The first record of Edgmont Township dates from 1686, when Joseph Baker was listed as Constable for Gilead, the original name for Edgmont and a portion of Thornbury Township.

The name Edgmont was adopted in 1687, and derives from the Royal Manor of Edgmond on Shropshire from which the Bakers emigrated.

Edgmont Township evolved as a farming area, with both crops and livestock being cultivated. Many large farms were still in existence as late as the 1960s and 1970s, when development began changing the face of the community.

Today there are over one hundred historical buildings in the Ridley Creek State Park.