Kirkwood, New Jersey | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Camden County#USA New Jersey#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Kirkwood |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Camden County (Inset: Location of Camden County in New Jersey) |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Camden |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Voorhees |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Elevation M: | 21 |
Elevation Ft: | 69 |
Coordinates: | 39.8311°N -74.9914°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 877593 |
Kirkwood is an unincorporated community located within Voorhees Township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] Kirkwood once had a post office assigned United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08043. The ZIP Code has been reassigned to a post office named Voorhees that serves the entire township. Kirkwood is still a valid city name for mailing purposes.
Kirkwood developed as a bungalow community of homes near Kirkwood Lake, an impoundment of the Cooper River. Residents of nearby Philadelphia and Camden enjoyed Kirkwood as a summer escape from the cities, and many Kirkwood homes were originally Sears-Roebuck catalogue houses built as vacation homes. Most of the early homes were built in the 1915-1925 period.
As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08043 was 28,126.