Edward Stiling

town promoter and mayor · Florida City

First documented act

1910

Role class

connector (carried know how or capital between two or more nodes)

Community

Florida City · municipality

Status as of 11 September 2026

historical

Historical state

pre Andrew

Connections

1 edges, 1 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 146 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.000 (rank 52)

Confidence

Medium · sources: [T43], [T41] (register)

Edward Stiling, born in Ontario in 1860, buys thirteen ten acre tracts from the Tatum Brothers in August 1910, lays out the streets of Detroit and promotes the colony from a Detroit real estate office. He is postmaster from December 1910, finishes Dr Benjamin F. Forrest's term as mayor in 1916 and is elected mayor in 1918 and again in 1938. He dies in Homestead in 1945.

Connections

Moves, founders, developers

• foundedFlorida CityMayor 1916 to 1918, elected 1918 and 19381916 to 1938
• developedDetroit colonyStiling lays out the streets and promotes the colony in Detroit1910 to 1911

Located

• located inFlorida CitySits in Florida City by address or centroid1910