Dorothy, New Jersey

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Dorothy, New Jersey
Census-designated place
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Dorothy
Location within Atlantic County. Inset: Location of Atlantic County within New Jersey.
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Dorothy
Dorothy (New Jersey)
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Dorothy
Dorothy (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°24′02″N74°49′26″W / 39.40056°N 74.82389°W / 39.40056; -74.82389
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Atlantic
Township Weymouth
Area
[1]
 • Total5.84 sq mi (15.13 km2)
 • Land5.84 sq mi (15.13 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
72 ft (22 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total1,057
 • Density180.96/sq mi (69.87/km2)
ZIP Code
08317 [3]
FIPS code 34-18040 [4]
GNIS feature ID0875947 [5]

Dorothy is an unincorporated community and census-designated place [6] located in Weymouth Township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [7] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08317. [3]

Contents

As of the 2010 United States census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08317 was 1,344. [8]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 1,057—
U.S. Decennial Census [9]

Notable people

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

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References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Zip Codes, State of New Jersey. Accessed November 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dorothy". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved September 20, 2012.
  6. ↑ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  7. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA5 08317 Archived 2020-02-13 at archive.today , United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  10. ↑ Jewish Agriculturalism in the United States: A World of Jewish Farming, Rutgers University. Accessed March 7, 2023. "After the Holocaust, the Jewish Agricultural Society resettled 2500 Displaced Persons. Among them were Frances (Frima) and Harry Edelstein. Holocaust survivors from Poland, the Edelsteins emigrated in 1947 and settled on a poultry farm in Dorothy, a Jewish colony in New Jersey."
  11. ↑ Kantor, Emma. "Obituary: Kathleen Karr", Publishers Weekly , December 12, 2017. Accessed September 29, 2022. "Karr was born on April 21, 1946, in Allentown, Pa., and raised in Dorothy, N.J., where her family owned a chicken farm."
  12. ↑ Wilkins, Tim. "Master musician Rhoda Scott is back in Jersey, and back in school", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com / The Star-Ledger , December 2, 2011. Accessed March 7, 2023. "Scott has a gift for understatement. The Atlantic County native — she grew up in the Dorothy section of Weymouth Township — has lived in Paris for 43 years, and since she is one of her instrument’s greatest players, it’s big news that she is back."


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