Cooperstown, New Jersey

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Cooperstown, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
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Coopertown Meetinghouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Cooperstown
Location of Cooperstown in Burlington County (Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey)
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Cooperstown (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°02′48″N74°54′12″W / 40.04667°N 74.90333°W / 40.04667; -74.90333
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey
County Burlington
Townships Edgewater Park and Willingboro
Elevation
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30 ft (9 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID883162 [1]

Cooperstown, historically known as Coopertown, is an unincorporated community located along the border of Edgewater Park and Willingboro townships in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. [2] The community was named by William Cooper, the father of the author Fenimore Cooper. [3] The Coopertown Meetinghouse was built in 1806 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cooperstown". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Variant name: Coopertown
  2. ↑ "Locality Search". State of New Jersey.
  3. ↑ Woodward, E. M.; Hageman, John F. (1883). "Coopertown Meeting-House and Graveyard". History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Their Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. pp. 234–235.
  4. ↑ Kane, Gae (September 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Coopertown Meetinghouse". National Park Service.


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