Kirkwood, New Jersey Explained

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.

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  1. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search