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Dorchester is an unincorporated community located within Maurice River Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.[4] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 08316.

Dorchester, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°16′22″N 74°58′37″W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Cumberland
Township	Maurice River
Area [1]
• Total	0.52 sq mi (1.34 km²)
• Land	0.49 sq mi (1.27 km²)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km²)
Elevation	10 ft (3 m)
Population (2020)[2]
• Total	291
• Density	595.09/sq mi (229.55/km²)
ZIP code	08316
GNIS feature ID	0875946[3]

As of the 2000 United States 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.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2020	291	—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

History

It is said that it was in Dorchester where the Dutch ship Prince Maurice sank, giving the Maurice River and Maurice River Township its name.

References

"ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
"Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 11, 2022.
"Dorchester". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

Census 2000 Fact Sheet for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08316 from the United States Census Bureau

v t e Municipalities and communities of Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States
County seat: Bridgeton
Cities	Bridgeton Millville Vineland	Map of New Jersey highlighting Cumberland County
Borough	Shiloh
Townships	Commercial Deerfield Downe Fairfield Greenwich Hopewell Lawrence Maurice River Stow Creek Upper Deerfield
CDPs	Arrowhead Lake Carlls Corner Cedarville Centre Grove Cumberland-Hesstown Deerfield Street Delmont Dividing Creek Dorchester Dutch Neck Fairton Fortescue Gandys Beach Gouldtown Greenwich Heislerville Lakeside-Beebe Run Laurel Heights Laurel Lake Leesburg Marlboro Mauricetown Milmay‡ Money Island Newport Othello Port Elizabeth Port Norris Roadstown Rosenhayn Seabrook Farms Seeley Sheppards Mill Silver Lake Sunset Lake West Park
Other communities	Bowentown Buckshutem Cohansey Cumberland Hesstown Jericho Sea Breeze Seabrook Springtown
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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