Cookstown, New Jersey
Place in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States
Census-designated place in New Jersey, United States
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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
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 900 | — | |
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:
- Edward Settle Godfrey (1843–1932), United States Army Brigadier General who received the Medal of Honor for leadership as a captain during the Indian Wars.[8][9][better source needed]
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ a b "Cookstown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b Census Data Explorer: Cookstown CDP, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
- ^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 15, 2015.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ 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."
- ^ "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."
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- Census 2000 Fact Sheet for Zip Code Tabulation Area 08511 from the United States Census Bureau
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