Cookstown, New Jersey

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Cookstown, New Jersey
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Gen. Edward S. Godfrey House on Main Street in Cookstown
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Cookstown
Location in Burlington County
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Cookstown
Location in New Jersey
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Cookstown
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°02′56″N74°33′45″W / 40.04889°N 74.56250°W / 40.04889; -74.56250
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Burlington
Township New 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
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82 ft (25 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
  Total900
  Density360.29/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 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.

Contents

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

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 900
U.S. Decennial Census [7]
2000 [3]

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. [8]

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). [9]

Notable people

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

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References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Cookstown". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. 1 2 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.
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  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Burlington County, NJ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved October 22, 2024. - Text list
  9. "Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Education". Military One Source . Retrieved August 7, 2022. - This is a .mil site.
  10. 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."
  11. "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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Looking south along Main Street in Cookstown