Crosswicks, New Jersey

Crosswicks, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Crosswicks, New Jersey Crosswick's location in Burlington County (Inset: Burlington County in New Jersey)
Coordinates: 40°09′12″N 74°38′52″W / 40.15333°N 74.64778°W / 40.15333; -74.64778
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Burlington
Township	Chesterfield
Elevation	82 ft (25 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	609
GNIS feature ID	875749[1]

Crosswicks is an unincorporated community within Chesterfield Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 08515.

As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08515 was 290.

Chesterfield Township comprises three distinct communities: Chesterfield, Crosswicks and Sykesville. The area was first settled in 1677, when a group primarily consisting of Quakers settled in the area of Crosswicks, the oldest of the Chesterfield's three "villages".^[2]

Crosswicks is home to a Friends Meeting House, as well as a historic library which used to house the Crosswicks Fire Department. The fire department's current home is in the former schoolhouse on New Street, which it has occupied since 1968 (the building was completed in 1909). The current "engine bay" (where the trucks are kept) was built in 1914, although the original 1909 cornerstone lies in the new section (it was moved).

A village festival is held in Crosswicks every September. Generally the festival includes vendors, folk musicians, historical walks, an old-time baseball game and the traditional firehouse spaghetti dinner, held at the firehouse at the close of the day's events.

See also

• Crosswicks Creek

References

External links

• Census 2000 Fact Sheet for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08515 from the United States Census Bureau
• Crosswicks Fire Department

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Coordinates: 40°09′12″N 74°38′52″W / 40.15333°N 74.64778°W / 40.15333; -74.64778