Cookstown, New Jersey

Cookstown, New Jersey
Census-designated place
Gen. Edward S. Godfrey House on Main Street in Cookstown
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Coordinates: 40°02′56″N74°33′45″W / 40.04889°N 74.56250°W / 40.04889; -74.56250
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Burlington
Township	New Hanover
Area [1]
• Total	2.52 sq mi (6.52 km2)
• Land	2.50 sq mi (6.47 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation [2]	82 ft (25 m)
Population  (2020) [3]
• Total	900
• Density	360.29/sq mi (139.13/km2)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
FIPS code	34-14980 [4]
GNIS feature ID	875620 [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

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	900		—
U.S. Decennial Census [7] 2000 [3]

Cookstown first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census. ^[8]

Cookstown CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2020 [9]	2020
White alone (NH)	675	75.00%
Black or African American alone (NH)	37	4.11%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	3	0.33%
Asian alone (NH)	23	2.56%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)	1	0.11%
Other race alone (NH)	3	0.33%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	56	6.22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	102	11.33%
Total	900	100.00%

Education

Most of the CDP is in the New Hanover Township School District (PK-12), while a small portion is in the North Hanover Township School District (PK-6, elementary school) and the Northern Burlington Regional School District (7–12, secondary), and the U.S. Census Bureau lists another part as being in "Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst" as its school district. ^[10]

Students in the area listed as "Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst" attend area school district public schools, as the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) does not operate any schools on that base. Students on McGuire and Dix may attend one of the following for their respective grade levels, with all siblings in a family taking the same choice: North Hanover Township School District (elementary), Northern Burlington County Regional School District (secondary), and Pemberton Township School District (PK-12). ^[11]

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. ^{[12] [13] [ better source needed ]}

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
2. "Cookstown". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. 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. "2020 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.
9. "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cookstown CDP, New Jersey". United States Census Bureau .
10. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Burlington County, NJ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved October 22, 2024. - Text list
11. "Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Education". Military One Source . Retrieved August 7, 2022. - This is a .mil site.
12. 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."
13. "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

External links

• Census 2000 Fact Sheet for Zip Code Tabulation Area 08511 from the United States Census Bureau