Dorchester, New Jersey
Encyclopedia
Dorchester is an unincorporated area within Maurice River Township
. The area is served as United States Postal Service
ZIP code
08316.
As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area
08316 was 283.
Shipbuilding has always been the principal industry in Dorchester, and the A.J. Meerwald
, the state ship of New Jersey, was built here.
and Maurice River Township its name.
Maurice River Township, New Jersey
Maurice River Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...
. The area is served as United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
08316.
As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area
ZIP Code Tabulation Area
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are statistical entities developed by the United States Census Bureau for tabulating summary statistics from Census 2000. This new entity was developed to overcome the difficulties in precisely defining the land area covered by each ZIP code...
08316 was 283.
Shipbuilding has always been the principal industry in Dorchester, and the A.J. Meerwald
A. J. Meerwald (ship)
The A.J. Meerwald is the state ship of New Jersey. She is a restored oyster dredging schooner, whose home port is in Bivalve, Commercial Township, New Jersey. Launched in 1928, A.J. Meerwald was one of hundreds of schooners built along South Jersey's Delaware Bayshore before the decline of the...
, the state ship of New Jersey, was built here.
History
It is said that it was in Dorchester where the Dutch ship Prince Maurice sank, giving the Maurice RiverMaurice River
The Maurice River is a river that empties into the Delaware Bay in southern New Jersey in the United States.The Maurice River, pronounced "Morris", is approximately long and is the second longest and largest tributary to Delaware Bay. Its watershed includes an extensive southern portion of the...
and Maurice River Township its name.
External links
- Census 2000 Fact Sheet for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08316 from the United States Census BureauUnited States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...