Cookstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022. located within New Hanover Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 15, 2015. Located near Fort Dix, the area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08511.
As of the 2020 census, Cookstown had a population of 900. Demographics
Cookstown first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
+Cookstown CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 20202020White alone (NH) 675 75.00%Black or African American alone (NH) 37 4.11%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)30.33%Asian alone (NH) 232.56%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)10.11%Other race alone (NH)3 0.33%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 56 6.22%Hispanic or Latino (any race)102 11.33%Total900 100.00%
Education Most of the CDP is in the New Hanover Township School District (PK-12), while a small portion is in the North Hanover Township School District (PK-6, elementary school) and the Northern Burlington Regional School District (7–12, secondary), and the U.S. Census Bureau lists another part as being in "Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst" as its school district. - Text list
Students in the area listed as "Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst" attend area school district public schools, as the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) does not operate any schools on that base. Students on McGuire and Dix may attend one of the following for their respective grade levels, with all siblings in a family taking the same choice: North Hanover Township School District (elementary), Northern Burlington County Regional School District (secondary), and Pemberton Township School District (PK-12). - This is a .mil site.
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.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." "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."
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from the United States Census Bureau