Early family names were Smith, Stong, Shunk, Hoover, Burkholder, Muskrat, Snider, Brown, and Dalziel.

The area was also served by a blacksmith, a shoemaker, a casket maker, a dressmaking establishment, a chopping mill, a woodworking shop, which supplied wagons and buggies, two slaughterhouses and a community hall.

The oldest extant Mennonite meeting house in Ontario was moved to Black Creek Pioneer Village during the autumn of 1976.

Almost the entire landscape of Edgeley was covered in fruit trees, most notably west of Jane Street and north of Highway 7.

Because of these fertile lands, great success came to the town's settlers, and today, many streets in and around Edgeley have been named after them and their products.