Othello New Jersey Map

About Othello, New Jersey

Othello is a locality in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 132. The population density is 31.2 people per km². Othello is located at 39.4126°N, 75.3469°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 34686.

Othello lies low and wide across the marshy plains, a place where the sky seems to press down with a soft, insistent weight, especially in the bruised light of late afternoon. It lies 6.1 miles west of Bridgeton, NJ (from Bridgeton, NJ: bearing 260°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-west of Upper Deerfield. The land here is a patient, yielding thing, scored by shallow ditches that catch the sky’s reflection like slivers of fallen mercury, and fringed by the persistent rustle of reeds that whisper secrets of the nearby Delaware Bay. Fields of corn, their stalks a dusty green even in summer’s heat, stretch towards a horizon that blurs with a hazy luminescence, and the air itself carries the faint, briny tang of distant water, a constant, subtle reminder of the bay’s proximity. The houses, mostly modest and weathered, seem to have grown organically from the soil, their paint peeling like sun-scorched skin, and a quiet stillness often settles over Othello, broken only by the drone of an occasional tractor or the distant cry of a gull. The history of Othello is bound to the fertile, if damp, earth, a testament to generations who coaxed sustenance from the rich alluvial soil, their lives shaped by the rhythms of planting and harvest. Once, this was a landscape of salt marshes and tidal creeks, a place where fishing and farming were the twin pillars of survival, and the faint echo of those livelihoods still lingers in the scent of the air and the low, unassuming architecture. The local economy, though diversified now, retains a deep connection to agriculture, with produce from Othello’s fields often finding its way to markets further afield, a quiet contribution to the region’s larder. Though no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of Othello resides in the resilient character of its people and the quiet dignity of a place that has always understood the value of hard work and the enduring beauty of the natural world.

About This Othello Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Othello, New Jersey — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.412614, -75.34686. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Othello and Cumberland County.

Detailed location data for Othello includes the ZIP code (08323), telephone area code (609, 640), county seat of Cumberland County (Bridgeton), and school district assignment (Cumberland Regional School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Othello is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.