Cookstown, New Jersey
Census-designated place
Gen. Edward S. Godfrey House on Main Street in Cookstown
Gen. Edward S. Godfrey House on Main Street in Cookstown
Cookstown is located in Burlington County, New Jersey
Cookstown
Cookstown
Location in Burlington County
Cookstown is located in New Jersey
Cookstown
Cookstown
Location in New Jersey
Cookstown is located in the United States
Cookstown
Cookstown
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°02′56″N 74°33′45″W / 40.04889°N 74.56250°W / 40.04889; -74.56250
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyBurlington
TownshipNew Hanover
Area
[1]
 • Total2.52 sq mi (6.52 km2)
 • Land2.50 sq mi (6.47 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation
[2]
82 ft (25 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total900
 • Density360.29/sq mi (139.13/km2)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
FIPS code34-14980[4]
GNIS feature ID875620[2]

Cookstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[5] located within New Hanover Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[6] Located near Fort Dix, the area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08511.

As of the 2000 United States census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08511 was 1,133.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020900—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
2000[3]

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Burlington County, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Cookstown include:

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Cookstown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ a b Census Data Explorer: Cookstown CDP, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.
  4. ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
  5. ^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  6. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 15, 2015.
  7. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Gen. Edward S. Godfrey House, National Register of Historic Places, listed February 28, 1997. Accessed January 6, 2021. "The General Edward Settle Godfrey House is a mid-eighteenth century Georgian and expanded Federal style frame farmhouse situated on the corner of Main Street and Wrightstown-Cookstown Road in Cookstown, New Hanover Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.... The General Godfrey House is significant under National Register Criterion B for its association with Brigadier General Edward Settle Godfrey, a noted nineteenth-century cavalry officer with the United States Army.... Godfrey married Ida Emley in 1892 and in 1907 they moved into the house."
  9. ^ "Edward Settle Godfrey". at ArlingtonCemetery.net. (Unofficial website). "Brigadier General Edward Settle Godfrey 88 retired Indian fighter of the Army who died Friday at his home in Cookstown, New Jersey, was buried this afternoon in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors."
Looking south along Main Street in Cookstown

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