Cookstown, New Jersey

Cookstown, New Jersey
Cookstown, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
	Gen. Edward S. Godfrey House on Main Street in Cookstown
	Cookstown Location of Cookstown in Burlington County (Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey)Show map of Burlington County, New JerseyShow map of New JerseyShow map of the United StatesShow all
	Coordinates: 40°02′56″N 74°33′45″W / 40.04889°N 74.56250°WCoordinates: 40°02′56″N 74°33′45″W / 40.04889°N 74.56250°W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Burlington
Township	New Hanover
Elevation	82 ft (25 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	875620

Cookstown is an unincorporated community located within New Hanover Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.^[2] Located near Fort Dix, the area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08511.

As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08511 was 1,133.

Notable people[]

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Cookstown include:

Edward Settle Godfrey (1843–1932), United States Army Brigadier General who received the Medal of Honor for leadership as a captain during the Indian Wars.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Cookstown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 15, 2015.
^ Gen. Edward S. Godfrey House, National Register of Historic Places, listed February 28, 1997. Accessed January 6, 2021. "The General Edward Settle Godfrey House is a mid-eighteenth century Georgian and expanded Federal style frame farmhouse situated on the corner of Main Street and Wrightstown-Cookstown Road in Cookstown, New Hanover Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.... The General Godfrey House is significant under National Register Criterion B for its association with Brigadier General Edward Settle Godfrey, a noted nineteenth-century cavalry officer with the United States Army.... Godfrey married Ida Emley in 1892 and in 1907 they moved into the house."
^ "Edward Settle Godfrey". at ArlingtonCemetery•net. (Unofficial website). "Brigadier General Edward Settle Godfrey 88 retired Indian fighter of the Army who died Friday at his home in Cookstown, New Jersey, was buried this afternoon in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors."^{[better source needed]}

External links[]

Census 2000 Fact Sheet for Zip Code Tabulation Area 08511 from the United States Census Bureau

Looking south along Main Street in Cookstown

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[GNIS-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Cookstown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

[2] Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 15, 2015.

[3] Gen. Edward S. Godfrey House, National Register of Historic Places, listed February 28, 1997. Accessed January 6, 2021. "The General Edward Settle Godfrey House is a mid-eighteenth century Georgian and expanded Federal style frame farmhouse situated on the corner of Main Street and Wrightstown-Cookstown Road in Cookstown, New Hanover Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.... The General Godfrey House is significant under National Register Criterion B for its association with Brigadier General Edward Settle Godfrey, a noted nineteenth-century cavalry officer with the United States Army.... Godfrey married Ida Emley in 1892 and in 1907 they moved into the house."

[4] "Edward Settle Godfrey". at ArlingtonCemetery•net. (Unofficial website). "Brigadier General Edward Settle Godfrey 88 retired Indian fighter of the Army who died Friday at his home in Cookstown, New Jersey, was buried this afternoon in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors."^{[better source needed]}

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Cookstown, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Gen. Edward S. Godfrey House on Main Street in Cookstown
Cookstown Location of Cookstown in Burlington County (Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey) Cookstown Cookstown (New Jersey) Cookstown Cookstown (the United States) Show map of Burlington County, New JerseyShow map of New JerseyShow map of the United StatesShow all
Coordinates: 40°02′56″N 74°33′45″W / 40.04889°N 74.56250°W / 40.04889; -74.56250Coordinates: 40°02′56″N 74°33′45″W / 40.04889°N 74.56250°W / 40.04889; -74.56250
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Burlington
Township	New Hanover
Elevation ^[1]	82 ft (25 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	875620^[1]