Kirkwood, New Jersey
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Kirkwood is an unincorporated community located within Voorhees Township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[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 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
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kirkwood, New Jersey
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
External links
- Census 2000 Fact Sheet for Zip Code Tabulation Area 08043 from the United States Census Bureau
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