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Kirkwood, New Jersey
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 Kirkwood, New Jersey
Location in Camden County, New Jersey
Kirkwood, New Jersey
Location in New Jersey
Kirkwood, New Jersey
Location in the United States
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Camden |
| Township | Voorhees |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 877593 |
Kirkwood is an unincorporated community located within Voorhees Township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. 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.
