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The '''Mayor of Edgewood''' was the elected head of [[Edgewood]]'s town government.
The '''Mayor of Edgewood''' was the elected head of [[Edgewood]]'s town government, an incorporated town in [[Jefferson County]]'s [[Shades Valley]] from [[1920]] to [[1926]].


Edgewood was an incorporated town in [[Jefferson County]]'s [[Shades Valley]].  On [[September 20]], [[1926]], a special election was held to expand the town to include the unincorporated [[Grove Park]] and [[Rosedale Park]] areas and rename itself [[Homewood]], which passed.  The state legislature approved the act on [[February 11]], [[1927]].
In a [[1926]] special election, citizens voted to annex the [[Grove Park]] and [[Rosedale|Rosedale Park]] areas, rename the larger town [[Homewood]], and elected a new [[Mayor of Homewood|mayor]].


== List of mayors ==
== List of mayors ==

Latest revision as of 10:01, 5 March 2014

The Mayor of Edgewood was the elected head of Edgewood's town government, an incorporated town in Jefferson County's Shades Valley from 1920 to 1926.

In a 1926 special election, citizens voted to annex the Grove Park and Rosedale Park areas, rename the larger town Homewood, and elected a new mayor.

List of mayors

References

  • Summe, Sheryl Spradling. (2001). Homewood: The Life of a City. Homewood, AL: Friends of the Homewood Public Library.