Kirkwood, New Jersey

Kirkwood is an unincorporated community located within Voorhees Township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.[2] 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, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Kirkwood
Location in Camden County (Inset: Location of Camden County in New Jersey)
Kirkwood
Kirkwood (New Jersey)
Kirkwood
Kirkwood (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°49′52″N 74°59′29″W
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyCamden
TownshipVoorhees
Elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID877593[1]

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.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kirkwood, New Jersey
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
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