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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Franklin Township, New Jersey</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Township_(New_Jersey)" title="Township (New Jersey)">Township</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Van_Wickle_House_in_Somerset,_New_Jersey_on_31_October_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Van Wickle House on Easton Avenue"><img alt="Van Wickle House on Easton Avenue" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Van_Wickle_House_in_Somerset%2C_New_Jersey_on_31_October_2006.jpg/250px-Van_Wickle_House_in_Somerset%2C_New_Jersey_on_31_October_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" 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.ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><a href="/wiki/File:Franklin_NJ_Seal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Franklin Township, New Jersey"><img alt="Official seal of Franklin Township, New Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/Franklin_NJ_Seal.png/100px-Franklin_NJ_Seal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/Franklin_NJ_Seal.png/150px-Franklin_NJ_Seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/Franklin_NJ_Seal.png/200px-Franklin_NJ_Seal.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Franklin_twp_nj_035.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Franklin Township in Somerset County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Somerset County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left)."><img alt="Location of Franklin Township in Somerset County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Somerset County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Franklin_twp_nj_035.png/207px-Franklin_twp_nj_035.png" decoding="async" width="207" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Franklin_twp_nj_035.png/310px-Franklin_twp_nj_035.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Franklin_twp_nj_035.png/414px-Franklin_twp_nj_035.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="580" /></a><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Franklin Township in <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset County</a> highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Somerset County in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> highlighted in black (left).</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Census Bureau map of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey"><img alt="Census Bureau map of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.png/250px-Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.png/375px-Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.png 1.5x, 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style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></div>Show map of New Jersey</div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Franklin Township is located in the United States"><img alt="Franklin Township is located in the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/250px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/375px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, 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class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&params=40.476872_N_74.550447_W_region:US-NJ_type:city">40°28′37″N 74°33′02″W / 40.476872°N 74.550447°W / 40.476872; -74.550447</a><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-GR1-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" 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data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_Jersey" title="List of counties in New Jersey">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed as <a href="/wiki/Eastern_precinct,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Eastern precinct, Somerset County, New Jersey">Eastern precinct</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1745</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">February 21, 1798</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><a href="#cite_note-DataBook-7">[7]</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Faulkner_Act_(council%E2%80%93manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Faulkner Act (council–manager)">Faulkner Act (council–manager)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Township Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Phillip Kramer (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Democratic Party">D</a>, term ends December 31, 2023)<a href="#cite_note-Council-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_manager" title="City manager">Manager</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Robert G. Vornlocker Jr.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipal_clerk" title="Municipal clerk">Municipal clerk</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ann McCarthy<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1">[1]</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">46.88 sq mi (121.43 km2)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">46.17 sq mi (119.58 km2)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.71 sq mi (1.85 km2)  1.52%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">37th of 565 in state 2nd of 21 in county<a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">62 ft (19 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<a href="#cite_note-Census2020-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-10">[10]</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">68,364</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)<a href="#cite_note-Census2020-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-PopEst-11">[11]</a></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">68,233</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">19th of 565 in state 1st of 21 in county<a href="#cite_note-LWD2020Density-12">[12]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,480.7/sq mi (571.7/km2)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">337th of 565 in state 8th of 21 in county<a href="#cite_note-LWD2020Density-12">[12]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−05:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern (EST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−04:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">Eastern (EDT)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">08873, 08875 – <a href="/wiki/Somerset,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset, New Jersey">Somerset</a> (also used as <a href="/wiki/East_Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="East Millstone, New Jersey">East Millstone</a>)<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> 08528 – <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_Jersey" title="Kingston, New Jersey">Kingston</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> 08823 – <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Park, New Jersey">Franklin Park</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> 08540 – <a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> 08890 – <a href="/wiki/Zarephath,_New_Jersey" title="Zarephath, New Jersey">Zarephath</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_732_and_848" title="Area codes 732 and 848">732</a>, <a href="/wiki/Area_code_908" title="Area code 908">908</a> and <a href="/wiki/Area_code_609" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 609">609</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3403524900<a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-GR2-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">0882170<a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-GR3-22">[22]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.franklintwpnj.org">www.franklintwpnj.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Franklin Township is a <a href="/wiki/Township_(New_Jersey)" title="Township (New Jersey)">township</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset County</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>. It is centrally located in the <a href="/wiki/Raritan_River" title="Raritan River">Raritan Valley region</a>, within the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Metropolitan Area">New York Metropolitan Area</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, the township's population was 68,364,<a href="#cite_note-Census2020-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-10">[10]</a> an increase of 6,064 (+9.7%) from the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 census</a> count of 62,300,<a href="#cite_note-Census2010-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-LWD2010-24">[24]</a> which in turn reflected an increase of 11,397 (+22.4%) from the 50,903 counted in the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a>.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> The township was <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_New_Jersey" title="List of municipalities in New Jersey">the state's 19th most-populous municipality</a> in 2020, after being ranked 22nd in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-Largest2020-26">[26]</a> Traditionally a farming community, it has become a fast-growing suburb with massive development in the later 20th and 21st centuries as a diverse blend of races, religions, and cultures. In 2008, Franklin Township ranked #5 on <a href="/wiki/Money_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Money (magazine)">Money</a> magazine's list of America's Top 100 Best Places to Live.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> What is now Franklin Township was originally formed circa 1745 as <a href="/wiki/Eastern_precinct,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Eastern precinct, Somerset County, New Jersey">Eastern precinct</a>. Franklin Township was incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an act of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature" title="New Jersey Legislature">New Jersey Legislature</a>. Portions of the township were taken to form <a href="/wiki/South_Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="South Bound Brook, New Jersey">South Bound Brook</a> (formed within Township, became independent municipality as of April 11, 1907) and <a href="/wiki/East_Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="East Millstone, New Jersey">East Millstone</a> (February 18, 1873, returned to Franklin Township on December 31, 1949).<a href="#cite_note-Story-28">[28]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> It has been unclear if the township was named for founding father <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> or for his illegitimate son <a href="/wiki/William_Franklin" title="William Franklin">William Franklin</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Loyalist_(American_Revolution)" title="Loyalist (American Revolution)">Loyalist</a> and the last <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of New Jersey">Royal Governor of New Jersey</a> (from 1763 to 1776). In 2000, after considering the evidence set forth by <a href="/wiki/William_B._Brahms" title="William B. Brahms">William B. Brahms</a> in his books Images of America: Franklin Township (1997)<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> and Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ: A History,<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> and The Case for William Franklin and The Case for Benjamin Franklin, the Township Council chose the theory that the township was indeed named for Benjamin Franklin.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Franklin Township was very much a part of <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a> history and the scene of many raiding parties along <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_27" title="New Jersey Route 27">Route 27</a>, then known as the King's Highway. Two British generals, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis" title="Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis">Cornwallis</a> and DeHeister, tried to lure <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> into battle on the plains of <a href="/wiki/Middlebush,_New_Jersey" title="Middlebush, New Jersey">Middlebush</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="East Millstone, New Jersey">East Millstone</a>. Washington, however, kept his troops at Chimney Rock, just north of Franklin, until the British withdrew. Several of the prosperous Middlebush farms were destroyed by the British soldiers during their retreat. In 1777, near the mill on the <a href="/wiki/Millstone_River" title="Millstone River">Millstone River</a> at <a href="/wiki/Weston,_New_Jersey" title="Weston, New Jersey">Weston</a>, the Continental Army and local militia engaged and successfully drove off a British foraging party of about 600 troops, sent out of <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a> by General Cornwallis. On November 2, 1783, Washington composed his farewell address to the army while staying at <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_(house)" title="Rockingham (house)">Rockingham</a> near <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Rocky Hill, New Jersey">Rocky Hill</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> The construction of the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal" title="Delaware and Raritan Canal">Delaware and Raritan Canal</a> in the 1830s, stretching 22 miles (35 km) to connect <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, led to significant growth in the township, with as much as 200,000 tons of goods shipped on barges using the canal by the 1860s. The rise of shipping commercial goods using railroads led to a substantial decline in canal traffic.<a href="#cite_note-History-34">[34]</a> The area has been restored as the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal_State_Park" title="Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park">Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park</a><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Van_Wickle_House" title="Van Wickle House">Van Wickle House</a>, located next to the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal" title="Delaware and Raritan Canal">Delaware and Raritan Canal</a> in the Somerset section of the township, in between <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="South Bound Brook, New Jersey">South Bound Brook</a>, was built in 1722 by <a href="/wiki/Dutch_people" title="Dutch people">Dutch</a> settlers and is now owned by Franklin Township and leased by the <a href="/wiki/Meadows_Foundation_(New_Jersey)" title="Meadows Foundation (New Jersey)">Meadows Foundation</a>. Set back behind Easton Avenue, the home adjoins the <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Preparatory_School" title="Rutgers Preparatory School">Rutgers Preparatory School</a> and a <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>-era graveyard.<a href="#cite_note-VanWickle-36">[36]</a> Passenger and freight railroad service was available in Franklin Township during the later half of the 19th century via the <a href="/wiki/Millstone_and_New_Brunswick_Railroad" title="Millstone and New Brunswick Railroad">Millstone and New Brunswick Railroad</a> (M&NB) which opened in 1854. The railroad was built and operated by the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a> (PRR), from a junction with the PRR mainline at Jersey Avenue in <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a> to <a href="/wiki/East_Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="East Millstone, New Jersey">East Millstone</a>. The M&NB is now known as the <a href="/wiki/Conrail" title="Conrail">Conrail</a> Millstone Secondary Branch. The branch line was still operated by Conrail up to just west of Clyde Road in <a href="/wiki/Somerset,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset, New Jersey">Somerset</a> for a time, serving local industry in the industrial section of Somerset.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> As of 2011, Hermann Warehouse Corp re-located out of the Clyde Road facility and there has not been rail service into that building since then. A bumper was placed east of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_27" title="New Jersey Route 27">Somerset Road/Route 27</a> crossing, with Clyde Road, Veronica Avenue and Route 27 crossings currently out of service. <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_91" title="New Jersey Route 91">Jersey Avenue/Route 91</a> remains the sole active crossing on the line. In 1922, the infamous <a href="/wiki/Hall-Mills_Murder" class="mw-redirect" title="Hall-Mills Murder">Hall-Mills Murder</a> took place in Franklin Township, in the area adjacent to New Brunswick known as Somerset.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography">edit</a>]</div> According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the township had a total area of 46.88 square miles (121.43 km2), including 46.17 square miles (119.58 km2) of land and 0.71 square miles (1.85 km2) of water (1.52%).<a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-GR1-2">[2]</a> The community is approximately 75% rural.<a href="#cite_note-Thinking-39">[39]</a> The township borders the municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgewater Township, New Jersey">Bridgewater Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsborough Township, New Jersey">Hillsborough Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manville,_New_Jersey" title="Manville, New Jersey">Manville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="Millstone, New Jersey">Millstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Montgomery Township, New Jersey">Montgomery Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Rocky Hill, New Jersey">Rocky Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="South Bound Brook, New Jersey">South Bound Brook</a> in Somerset County; <a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mercer County, New Jersey">Mercer County</a>; <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="North Brunswick, New Jersey">North Brunswick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piscataway,_New_Jersey" title="Piscataway, New Jersey">Piscataway</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="South Brunswick, New Jersey">South Brunswick</a> in <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey">Middlesex County</a>.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communities">Communities</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Communities">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Griggstown.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Griggstown.jpg/220px-Griggstown.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Griggstown.jpg/330px-Griggstown.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Griggstown.jpg/440px-Griggstown.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Delaware_%26_Raritan_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware & Raritan Canal">D&R Canal</a> in Griggstown during the Autumn months</figcaption></figure> The following are <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_New_Jersey#Unincorporated_communities" title="Local government in New Jersey">unincorporated communities</a> and <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated places</a> (CDPs) located within Franklin Township:<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-CPH232-45">[45]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackwells_Mills,_New_Jersey" title="Blackwells Mills, New Jersey">Blackwells Mills</a> (2010 CDP population of 803)<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde,_New_Jersey" title="Clyde, New Jersey">Clyde</a> (2010 CDP population of 213)<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Franklin,_New_Jersey" title="East Franklin, New Jersey">East Franklin</a> (2010 CDP population of 8,669)<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="East Millstone, New Jersey">East Millstone</a> (2010 CDP population of 579)<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Rocky_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="East Rocky Hill, New Jersey">East Rocky Hill</a> (2010 CDP population of 469)<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Center,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Center, New Jersey">Franklin Center</a> (2010 CDP population of 4,460)<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Park, New Jersey">Franklin Park</a> (2010 CDP population of 13,295)<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griggstown,_New_Jersey" title="Griggstown, New Jersey">Griggstown</a> (2010 CDP population of 819)<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_Jersey" title="Kingston, New Jersey">Kingston</a> – officially designated as a <a href="/wiki/Village_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Village Center">Village Center</a> by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_State_Planning_Commission" title="New Jersey State Planning Commission">New Jersey State Planning Commission</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Kingston_Village_Advisory_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingston Village Advisory Committee">Kingston Village Advisory Committee</a>, jointly appointed by the Councils of Franklin and <a href="/wiki/South_Brunswick_Township,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="South Brunswick Township, New Jersey">South Brunswick</a> townships, advises Franklin on matters of concern to <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_Jersey" title="Kingston, New Jersey">Kingston</a>'s residents. (2010 CDP population of 271 for portion of Kingston in Franklin Township)<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlebush,_New_Jersey" title="Middlebush, New Jersey">Middlebush</a> (2010 CDP population of 2,326)<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Plains,_New_Jersey" title="Pleasant Plains, New Jersey">Pleasant Plains</a> (2010 CDP population of 922)<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Mile_Run,_New_Jersey" title="Six Mile Run, New Jersey">Six Mile Run</a> (2010 CDP population of 3,184)<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset, New Jersey">Somerset</a> (2010 CDP population of 22,083)<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Mile_Run,_New_Jersey" title="Ten Mile Run, New Jersey">Ten Mile Run</a> (2010 CDP population of 1,959)<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voorhees_(CDP),_New_Jersey" title="Voorhees (CDP), New Jersey">Voorhees CDP</a> (2010 CDP population of 976)<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston,_New_Jersey" title="Weston, New Jersey">Weston</a> (2010 CDP population of 1,235)<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zarephath,_New_Jersey" title="Zarephath, New Jersey">Zarephath</a>, religious community in western part of the township, centered around the <a href="/wiki/Pillar_of_Fire_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Pillar of Fire Church">Pillar of Fire Church</a> (2010 CDP population of 37)<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></li></ul> Other unincorporated communities, localities, and place names located partially or completely within the township include Hamilton Park and <a href="/wiki/Rockingham,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockingham, New Jersey">Rockingham</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ecology">Ecology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ecology">edit</a>]</div> According to the <a href="/wiki/A._W._Kuchler" title="A. W. Kuchler">A. W. Kuchler</a> U.S. <a href="/wiki/Potential_natural_vegetation" title="Potential natural vegetation">potential natural vegetation</a> types, Franklin Township would have an Appalachian <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">Oak</a> (104) vegetation type with an Eastern <a href="/wiki/Hardwood" title="Hardwood">Hardwood</a> Forest (25) vegetation form.<a href="#cite_note-Conservation_Biology_Institute-64">[64]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop 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0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style>Note</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td>2,068</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>2,539</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>3,071</td><td></td><td>21.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>3,352</td><td></td><td>9.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>3,878</td><td></td><td>15.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>3,062</td><td></td><td>−21.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>3,599</td><td></td><td>17.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>3,912</td><td></td><td>8.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>3,147</td><td>*</td><td>−19.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>2,478</td><td></td><td>−21.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>2,398</td><td></td><td>−3.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>2,395</td><td>*</td><td>−0.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>2,955</td><td></td><td>23.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>5,675</td><td></td><td>92.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>5,912</td><td></td><td>4.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>9,601</td><td>*</td><td>62.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>19,858</td><td></td><td>106.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>30,389</td><td></td><td>53.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>31,358</td><td></td><td>3.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>42,780</td><td></td><td>36.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>50,903</td><td></td><td>19.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>62,300</td><td></td><td>22.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>68,364</td><td></td><td>9.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">68,233</td><td><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-PopEst-11">[11]</a></td><td>−0.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">Population sources: 1790–1920<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> 1840<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> 1850–1870<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> 1850<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> 1870<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> 1880–1890<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> 1890–1910<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> 1910–1930<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> 1920–1940<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> 1940–2000<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> 2000<a href="#cite_note-Census2000-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-76">[76]</a> 2010<a href="#cite_note-Census2010-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-LWD2010-24">[24]</a> 2020<a href="#cite_note-Census2020-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-10">[10]</a> * = Territory change in previous decade.<a href="#cite_note-Story-28">[28]</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020 census">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Franklin township, Somerset County, New Jersey – Racial and Ethnic Composition (NH = Non-Hispanic) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity </th> <th>Pop 1990<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> </th> <th>Pop 2000<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> </th> <th>Pop 2010<a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-79">[79]</a> </th> <th>Pop 2020<a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-80">[80]</a> </th> <th>% 1990 </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th>% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>28,823 </td> <td>26,226 </td> <td>24,198 </td> <td>21,405 </td> <td>67.37% </td> <td>51.52% </td> <td>38.84% </td> <td>31.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>8,916 </td> <td>12,888 </td> <td>15,888 </td> <td>16,531 </td> <td>20.84% </td> <td>25.32% </td> <td>25.50% </td> <td>24.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>62 </td> <td>65 </td> <td>102 </td> <td>95 </td> <td>0.14% </td> <td>0.13% </td> <td>0.16% </td> <td>0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>3,001 </td> <td>6,475 </td> <td>12,410 </td> <td>15,835 </td> <td>7.01% </td> <td>12.72% </td> <td>19.93% </td> <td>23.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>12 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>0.02% </td> <td>0.01% </td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Some Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>65 </td> <td>214 </td> <td>223 </td> <td>483 </td> <td>0.15% </td> <td>0.42% </td> <td>0.36% </td> <td>0.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed Race/Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>896 </td> <td>1,421 </td> <td>2,064 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>1.76% </td> <td>2.28% </td> <td>3.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>1,913 </td> <td>4,127 </td> <td>8,050 </td> <td>11,938 </td> <td>4.47% </td> <td>8.11% </td> <td>12.92% </td> <td>17.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total </td> <td>42,780 </td> <td>50,903 </td> <td>62,300 </td> <td>68,364 </td> <td>100.00% </td> <td>100.00% </td> <td>100.00% </td> <td>100.00% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010 census">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 United States census</a> counted 62,300 people, 23,301 households, and 15,938 families in the township. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 1,350.0 per square mile (521.2/km2). There were 24,426 housing units at an average density of 529.3 per square mile (204.4/km2). The racial makeup was 44.76% (27,887) <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. census)">White</a>, 26.55% (16,539) <a href="/wiki/Black_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black (U.S. census)">Black or African American</a>, 0.29% (183) <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. census)">Native American</a>, 19.98% (12,450) <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. census)">Asian</a>, 0.01% (9) <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 5.11% (3,183) from <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census#Race" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">other races</a>, and 3.29% (2,049) from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. census)">Hispanic or Latino</a> of any race were 12.92% (8,050) of the population.<a href="#cite_note-Census2010-23">[23]</a> Of the 23,301 households, 30.7% had children under the age of 18; 53.3% were married couples living together; 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 31.6% were non-families. Of all households, 25.7% were made up of individuals and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.19.<a href="#cite_note-Census2010-23">[23]</a> 22.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 92.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.5 males.<a href="#cite_note-Census2010-23">[23]</a> The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">American Community Survey</a> showed that (in 2010 <a href="/wiki/Inflation_adjustment" class="mw-redirect" title="Inflation adjustment">inflation-adjusted</a> dollars) <a href="/wiki/Median_household_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Median household income">median household income</a> was $89,992 (with a margin of error of +/− $2,918) and the median family income was $103,060 (+/− $3,429). Males had a median income of $66,178 (+/− $2,448) versus $54,733 (+/− $2,427) for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the borough was $40,036 (+/− $1,203). About 3.2% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2000 census">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Somerset,_NJ_-_Hamilton_and_Franklin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Somerset%2C_NJ_-_Hamilton_and_Franklin.jpg/220px-Somerset%2C_NJ_-_Hamilton_and_Franklin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Somerset%2C_NJ_-_Hamilton_and_Franklin.jpg/330px-Somerset%2C_NJ_-_Hamilton_and_Franklin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Somerset%2C_NJ_-_Hamilton_and_Franklin.jpg/440px-Somerset%2C_NJ_-_Hamilton_and_Franklin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2015" data-file-height="1092" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Somerset,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset, New Jersey">Somerset</a> neighborhood, one of the largest neighborhoods in the township</figcaption></figure> As of the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 United States census</a><a href="#cite_note-GR2-20">[20]</a> there were 50,903 people, 19,355 households, and 12,987 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,088.3 inhabitants per square mile (420.2/km2). There were 19,789 housing units at an average density of 423.1 per square mile (163.4/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 55.11% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 25.98% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.18% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 12.74% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.04% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 3.56% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 2.39% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 8.11% of the population.<a href="#cite_note-Census2000-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-76">[76]</a> There were 19,355 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.14.<a href="#cite_note-Census2000-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-76">[76]</a> In the township, the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 36.9% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.<a href="#cite_note-Census2000-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-76">[76]</a> The median income for a household in the township was $67,923, and the median income for a family was $78,177. Males had a median income of $52,351 versus $41,101 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the township was $31,209. About 3.1% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.<a href="#cite_note-Census2000-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-76">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation">edit</a>]</div> Parks in the township include: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Hutcheson_Memorial_Forest" title="Hutcheson Memorial Forest">William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest</a> is a 500-acre (2.0 km2) natural preserve administered by <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a> that includes a 65-acre (260,000 m2) virgin <a href="/wiki/Old-growth_forest" title="Old-growth forest">old-growth forest</a> designated a National Natural Landmark, and is located at 2150 Amwell Road (<a href="/wiki/County_Route_514_(New_Jersey)" title="County Route 514 (New Jersey)">Route 514</a>) about <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) east of <a href="/wiki/East_Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="East Millstone, New Jersey">East Millstone</a>.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Park_Arboretum_and_Gardens" title="Colonial Park Arboretum and Gardens">Colonial Park</a>, part of the Somerset County Park System, is a 685.5-acre (2.774 km2) facility located in the western portion of Franklin Township near <a href="/wiki/East_Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="East Millstone, New Jersey">East Millstone</a> with entrances off Mettlers Lane and Elizabeth Avenue. The park offers many recreational activities, including picnicking, hiking, biking, fishing, paddle boating, golf, and tennis. It features a 144-acre (0.58 km2) Arboretum, "a living tree museum" that provides a wide range of examples of trees and shrubs that grow well in the Central Jersey environment.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> The park also offers a 3-acre (12,000 m2) leash-free dog area, a 1.4-mile (2.3 km) fitness parcourse, paddleboat rentals, an 18-hole putting course, the 18 hole championship Spooky Brook Golf Course, 3 stocked fishing ponds, softball fields, a tennis center, playground, nature trail, a 5-acre (20,000 m2) Perennial Garden, the Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden, an accredited All-America Rose Selections (AARS) display garden, and the Fragrance and Sensory Garden, designed to be of special interest to visitors who are visually or physically impaired.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a></li> <li>A portion of the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal_State_Park" title="Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park">Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park</a> runs for 22 miles (35 km) along much of the northern and western borders of Franklin Township eventually making its way as far south as Trenton with a feeder canal following the Delaware River north for another 22 miles (35 km) to <a href="/wiki/Bull%27s_Island_State_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Bull's Island State Park">Bull's Island</a> near <a href="/wiki/Frenchtown,_New_Jersey" title="Frenchtown, New Jersey">Frenchtown</a>. The canal and adjacent tow path offer many recreational activities, from hiking and biking to fishing and boating. Access points with parking can be found near most road crossings of the canal, via bridges at <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Park_Arboretum_and_Gardens" title="Colonial Park Arboretum and Gardens">Colonial Park</a> (see above) and the <a href="/wiki/Van_Wickle_House" title="Van Wickle House">Van Wickle House</a> (see below) in Franklin Township as well as at many of the locks on the canal.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a></li> <li>The John W. Flemer Preserve is a 7.4-acre (30,000 m2) preserve adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal" title="Delaware and Raritan Canal">Delaware and Raritan Canal</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_Jersey" title="Kingston, New Jersey">Kingston</a> that features a 2-mile (3.2 km) trail on the east bank of the Canal that offers a connection to the tow path on the west side of the Canal for a round trip hike.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a></li> <li>The Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve is a 164-acre (0.66 km2) preserve located between Bennets Lane and Skillmans Lane in the Somerset section that features 111-acre (0.45 km2) of grassland, forest, and scrubland and a 2.5-acre (10,000 m2) wetland attracting migratory birds and amphibians with over 3 miles (4.8 km) of pedestrian trails, bird boxes and interpretive signage.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Mile_Run_Reservoir_Site" title="Six Mile Run Reservoir Site">Six Mile Run Reservoir Site</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Division_of_Parks_and_Forestry" title="New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry">New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry</a>, is located in the central portion of Franklin Township. The 3,037-acre (12.29 km2) park consists of land that was set aside in c. 1970 for water resource needs that still remains largely undeveloped and that offers numerous multi-use recreational trails. Access is provided via the former D&R Canal Main Office parking area off Canal Road just south of Blackwells Mills Road.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a></li> <li>Ten Mile Run Greenway is a 684-acre (2.77 km2) greenway over 4 miles (6.4 km) in length running between Canal Road south of Bunker Hill Road in <a href="/wiki/Griggstown,_New_Jersey" title="Griggstown, New Jersey">Griggstown</a> and S. Middlebush Road near Old Vliet Road in <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Park, New Jersey">Franklin Park</a>. It runs along the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Mile_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Ten Mile Run (New Jersey)">Ten Mile Run</a>. It features four sections including: <ul><li>Bunker Hill Natural Area, accessed from the north side of Bunker Hill Road near the intersection of Route 27, features trails through mature forest and meadows and along Ten Mile Run stream. Trails connect to the Griggstown Native Grassland Preserve and the Catalpa Farm areas.</li> <li>Catalpa Farm, on Old Vliet Road, offers trails along field edges and a small forest that connect to the Bunker Hill Natural Area.</li> <li>Environmental Education Center, 255 Bunker Hill Road (parking is available at 287 Bunker Hill Road), is a 95-acre (38 ha) area that features a deciduous forest known as Graeber Woods, a one-mile (1.6 km) self-guided nature trail, the "Glass House", a home that has been renovated and is now used as a classroom and conference center to provide a wide range of instructional, hands-on activities in natural habitats, and a 20' climbing tower and a high ropes course adventure area. The Environmental Education Center is a cooperative effort of the Township of Franklin, the <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township_Public_Schools_(Somerset_County,_New_Jersey)" title="Franklin Township Public Schools (Somerset County, New Jersey)">Franklin Township Board of Education</a>, and the Green Acres Program. A trail connect to the Griggstown Native Grassland Preserve and the rest of the Ten Mile Run Greenway.</li> <li>Griggstown Native Grassland Preserve accessed from Canal Road in Griggstown (1091 Canal Road) has over 100 acres (0.40 km2) of grassland and hundreds of acres of forest and features over 6 miles (9.7 km) of mapped trails. Trails connect to the other sections of the Ten Mile Run Greenway.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Government">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Local government">edit</a>]</div> The Township of Franklin is chartered under the <a href="/wiki/Faulkner_Act" title="Faulkner Act">Faulkner Act</a>, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, within the <a href="/wiki/Faulkner_Act_(council%E2%80%93manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Faulkner Act (council–manager)">Council-Manager</a>, Plan D.<a href="#cite_note-DataBook-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> The township is one of 42 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> The Township Council is comprised of nine members, including one from each of the five <a href="/wiki/Ward_(United_States)" title="Ward (United States)">wards</a>, three elected from the township <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a>, and the mayor. The mayor is the Chief Legislative Officer of the township and is <a href="/wiki/Direct_election" title="Direct election">directly</a> elected from the township at-large to serve a four-year term. The Township Manager is the chief executive officer overseeing the township's daily operations and is hired by and serves at the pleasure of the Township Council. Councilmembers are chosen for a four-year term in partisan elections held at the June Primary and November General Elections in odd-numbered years, with the five ward seats coming up for election together and the mayoral and at-large seats up for election two years later.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> As of 2022<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a> of Franklin Township is <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> Phillip Kramer, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023. Members of the Township Council are <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Mayor" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Mayor">Deputy Mayor</a> Crystal Pruitt (D; At-Large, 2023), Sivaraman Anbarasan (D; At-Large, 2023), Kimberly Francois (D; At-Large, 2023), Charles Onyejiaka (D; 3rd Ward, 2025), Ed Potosnak (D; 1st Ward, 2025), Shepa Uddin (D; 2nd Ward, 2025), James Vassanella (D; 5th Ward, 2025) and Carl R.A. Wright (D; 4th Ward, 2025).<a href="#cite_note-Council-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-SomersetDirectory-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-TemplateSomerset2021-96">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-Somerset2020-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-Somerset2019-98">[98]</a> In the November 2015 general election, Phillip Kramer became the first Democrat directly elected as mayor in the township's history, resulting in the mayor and entire council being from the Democratic Party.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> This marked a transition that started in 1995, when the council was controlled 8 to 1 by the Republican Party.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In January 2016, the Township Council selected Charles Onyejiaka from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the Third Ward seat expiring in December 2017 that was vacated by Philip Kramer when he took office as mayor; Onyejiaka will serve on an interim basis until the November 2016 general election, when voters will select a candidate to fill the one-year balance of the term of office.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> In January 2015, the Township Council chose Chris Kelly from among three candidates offered by the Republican municipal committee to fill the vacant seat of Brian D. Levine, who had resigned from his council seat to take office on the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> In 1998, the township approved a referendum by a better than 2–1 margin to raise <a href="/wiki/Property_tax" title="Property tax">property taxes</a> by 3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, with the money to be used to preserve <a href="/wiki/Open_space_reserve" title="Open space reserve">open space</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Thinking-39">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal,_state_and_county_representation">Federal, state and county representation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Federal, state and county representation">edit</a>]</div> Franklin Township is located in the 12th Congressional District<a href="#cite_note-PCR2012-102">[102]</a> and is part of New Jersey's 17th state legislative district.<a href="#cite_note-Districts2011-103">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-LWV2019-104">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> Prior to the 2010 Census, Franklin Township had been split between the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 6th congressional district">6th Congressional District</a> and the 12th Congressional District, a change made by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Redistricting_Commission" title="New Jersey Redistricting Commission">New Jersey Redistricting Commission</a> that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.<a href="#cite_note-LWV2011-106">[106]</a> For the <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th United States Congress</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 12th congressional district">New Jersey's 12th congressional district</a> is represented by <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Watson_Coleman" title="Bonnie Watson Coleman">Bonnie Watson Coleman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ewing_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Ewing Township, New Jersey">Ewing Township</a>).<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> New Jersey is represented in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a> <a href="/wiki/Cory_Booker" title="Cory Booker">Cory Booker</a> (<a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a>, term ends 2027)<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Helmy" title="George Helmy">George Helmy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mountain_Lakes,_New_Jersey" title="Mountain Lakes, New Jersey">Mountain Lakes</a>, term ends 2024).<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> For the <a href="/wiki/221st_New_Jersey_Legislature" title="221st New Jersey Legislature">2024-2025 session</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_17th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 17th legislative district">17th legislative district</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature" title="New Jersey Legislature">New Jersey Legislature</a> is represented in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">State Senate</a> by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Smith_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="Bob Smith (New Jersey politician)">Bob Smith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piscataway,_New_Jersey" title="Piscataway, New Jersey">Piscataway</a>) and in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">General Assembly</a> by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Danielsen" title="Joseph Danielsen">Joseph Danielsen</a> (D, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Franklin Township</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Egan_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="Kevin Egan (New Jersey politician)">Kevin Egan</a> (D, <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a>).<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset County</a> is governed by a five-member <a href="/wiki/Board_of_County_Commissioners_(New_Jersey)" title="Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)">Board of County Commissioners</a>, whose members are elected <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year. At an annual reorganization meeting held on the first Friday of January, the board selects a Director and deputy director from among its members.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> As of 2024<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a>, Somerset County's County Commissioners are: Director Shanel Robinson (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Franklin Township</a>, 2024),<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> Melonie Marano (D, <a href="/wiki/Green_Brook_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Green Brook Township, New Jersey">Green Brook Township</a>, 2025),<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> Paul Drake (D, <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsborough Township, New Jersey">Hillsborough Township</a>, 2026),<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> Douglas Singleterry (D, <a href="/wiki/North_Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="North Plainfield, New Jersey">North Plainfield</a>, 2026)<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> and Deputy Director Sara Sooy (D, <a href="/wiki/Bernards_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bernards Township, New Jersey">Bernards Township</a>, 2024).<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-TemplateSomersetDirectory-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-TemplateSomerset2020-122">[122]</a> Constitutional officers, elected on a countywide basis are: Clerk Steve Peter (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somerville,_New_Jersey" title="Somerville, New Jersey">Somerville</a>, 2027),<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> Sheriff Darrin Russo (D, Franklin Township, 2025)<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> and Surrogate Bernice "Tina" Jalloh (D, Franklin Township, 2025)<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-TemplateSomersetDirectory-121">[121]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Politics">edit</a>]</div> As of March 2011, there were a total of 36,240 registered voters in Franklin Township, of which 13,993 (38.6% vs. 26.0% countywide) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a>, 4,962 (13.7% vs. 25.7%) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> and 17,262 (47.6% vs. 48.2%) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Unaffiliated_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unaffiliated (New Jersey)">Unaffiliated</a>. There were 23 voters registered to the <a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian Party</a> or other parties.<a href="#cite_note-VoterRegistration-129">[129]</a> Among the township's 2010 Census population, 58.2% (vs. 60.4% in Somerset County) were registered to vote, including 74.7% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.4% countywide).<a href="#cite_note-VoterRegistration-129">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012">2012 presidential election</a>, Democrat <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> received 71.2% of the vote (19,611 cast), ahead of Republican <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> with 27.7% (7,640 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (288 votes), among the 27,718 ballots cast by the township's 39,291 registered voters (179 ballots were <a href="/wiki/Spoilt_vote" title="Spoilt vote">spoiled</a>), for a turnout of 70.5%.<a href="#cite_note-2012Elections-131">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-2012VoterReg-132">[132]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008">2008 presidential election</a>, Democrat Barack Obama received 19,442 votes (70.0% vs. 52.1% countywide), ahead of Republican <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> with 7,951 votes (28.6% vs. 46.1%) and other candidates with 246 votes (0.9% vs. 1.1%), among the 27,776 ballots cast by the township's 35,508 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.2% (vs. 78.7% in Somerset County).<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004">2004 presidential election</a>, Democrat <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> received 14,737 votes (64.2% vs. 47.2% countywide), ahead of Republican <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> with 7,913 votes (34.5% vs. 51.5%) and other candidates with 211 votes (0.9% vs. 0.9%), among the 22,962 ballots cast by the township's 28,743 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.9% (vs. 81.7% in the whole county).<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013">2013 gubernatorial election</a>, Republican <a href="/wiki/Chris_Christie" title="Chris Christie">Chris Christie</a> received 51.7% of the vote (8,178 cast), ahead of Democrat <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Buono" title="Barbara Buono">Barbara Buono</a> with 46.9% (7,420 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (209 votes), among the 16,108 ballots cast by the township's 40,155 registered voters (301 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 40.1%.<a href="#cite_note-2013Elections-135">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-2013VoterReg-136">[136]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009">2009 gubernatorial election</a>, Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jon_Corzine" title="Jon Corzine">Jon Corzine</a> received 9,369 ballots cast (53.0% vs. 34.1% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 6,842 votes (38.7% vs. 55.8%), Independent <a href="/wiki/Chris_Daggett" title="Chris Daggett">Chris Daggett</a> with 1,180 votes (6.7% vs. 8.7%) and other candidates with 137 votes (0.8% vs. 0.7%), among the 17,679 ballots cast by the township's 36,033 registered voters, yielding a 49.1% turnout (vs. 52.5% in the county).<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"> <caption>Franklin vote by party in presidential elections </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey;"> <th>Year </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Third party (United States)">Third Parties</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">72.8% 25,587 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.7% 9,040 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.1% 396 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">71.1% 21,375 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26.0% 7,818 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">2.9% 860 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">71.2% 19,611 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27.7% 7,640 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.0% 288 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">70.0% 19,442 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28.6% 7,951 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">0.9% 246 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">2004</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">64.2% 14,737 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.5% 7,913 </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">0.9% 211 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township_Public_Schools_(Somerset_County,_New_Jersey)" title="Franklin Township Public Schools (Somerset County, New Jersey)">Franklin Township Public Schools</a> serve students in <a href="/wiki/Pre-kindergarten" title="Pre-kindergarten">pre-kindergarten</a> through <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_grade" title="Twelfth grade">twelfth grade</a>.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of 10 schools, had an enrollment of 7,150 students and 703.5 classroom teachers (on an <a href="/wiki/Full-time_equivalent" title="Full-time equivalent">FTE</a> basis), for a <a href="/wiki/Student%E2%80%93teacher_ratio" title="Student–teacher ratio">student–teacher ratio</a> of 10.2:1.<a href="#cite_note-NCES-139">[139]</a> Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the <a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Education_Statistics" title="National Center for Education Statistics">National Center for Education Statistics</a><a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a>) are Claremont Elementary School<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> (665 students; in grades Pre-K–5), Conerly Road School<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> (400; Pre-K–5), Elizabeth Avenue School<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> (493; Pre-K–5), Franklin Park School<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> (664; Pre-K–5), Hillcrest School<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> (436; Pre-K–5), MacAfee Road School<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> (381; Pre-K–5), Pine Grove Manor School<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> (331; Pre-K–5), Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> (706; 6–8), Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> (797; 6–8) and <a href="/wiki/Franklin_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Franklin High School (New Jersey)">Franklin High School</a><a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> (2,146; 9–12).<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a><a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> <a href="/wiki/Central_Jersey_College_Prep_Charter_School" title="Central Jersey College Prep Charter School">Central Jersey College Prep Charter School</a> is a comprehensive public <a href="/wiki/Charter_school" title="Charter school">charter</a> middle school / high school serving students in grades 6–12 that aims to prepare all graduates for admission to a four-year university.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> In 2016, the school was one of ten schools in New Jersey, and the only charter school, recognized as a <a href="/wiki/National_Blue_Ribbon_Schools_Program" title="National Blue Ribbon Schools Program">National Blue Ribbon School</a> by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education" title="United States Department of Education">United States Department of Education</a>.<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> As of the 2018–2019 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 820 students and 73.4 classroom teachers (on an <a href="/wiki/Full-time_equivalent" title="Full-time equivalent">FTE</a> basis), for a <a href="/wiki/Student%E2%80%93teacher_ratio" title="Student–teacher ratio">student–teacher ratio</a> of 11.2:1.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Preparatory_School" title="Rutgers Preparatory School">Rutgers Preparatory School</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Private_school" title="Private school">private</a> <a href="/wiki/Day_school" title="Day school">day school</a> founded in 1766, is located in Franklin Township and occupies a 35-acre campus between Easton Avenue and the <a href="/wiki/Raritan_River" title="Raritan River">Raritan River</a>. The state's oldest independent school, RPS moved to Franklin Township in 1957.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> Saint Matthias School is a parochial elementary school founded in 1962 that serves students in preschool through <a href="/wiki/Eighth_grade" title="Eighth grade">eighth grade</a> and operates under the supervision of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Metuchen" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen">Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a><a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> Cedar Hill Preparatory School, a Pre-K–8 school founded in 2003 as Oakcrest Academy,<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> was one of eight private schools recognized in 2017 by the <a href="/wiki/National_Blue_Ribbon_Schools_Program" title="National Blue Ribbon Schools Program">National Blue Ribbon Schools Program</a> as an Exemplary High Performing School by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education" title="United States Department of Education">United States Department of Education</a>.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historic_district">Historic district</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Historic district">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Kingston_Mill_Historic_District" title="Kingston Mill Historic District">Kingston Mill Historic District</a> is a 49-acre (20 ha) <a href="/wiki/Historic_district_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Historic district (United States)">historic district</a> encompassing the community of <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_Jersey" title="Kingston, New Jersey">Kingston, New Jersey</a> (which is bounded by Franklin Township in <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mercer County, New Jersey">Mercer County</a>, and <a href="/wiki/South_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="South Brunswick, New Jersey">South Brunswick</a> in <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey">Middlesex County</a>). In 1683, Henry Greenland built the first tavern here for travelers between <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>. The current Kingston Mill, also known as the Kingston Gristmill, was built in 1888, the third one at this site. In 1755, Jacob Skilman built a gristmill and sawmill here on the <a href="/wiki/Millstone_River" title="Millstone River">Millstone River</a>, located along the historic <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Highway_(Charleston_to_Boston)" title="King's Highway (Charleston to Boston)">King's Highway</a>. It was added to the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> on April 10, 1986 for its significance in engineering, exploration/settlement, industry, and transportation. The district includes 16 <a href="/wiki/Contributing_buildings" class="mw-redirect" title="Contributing buildings">contributing buildings</a> and 2 <a href="/wiki/Contributing_structures" class="mw-redirect" title="Contributing structures">contributing structures</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nrhpdoc-162">[162]</a> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 227.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 225.33333333333px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Kingston_Mill.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kingston Mill on the Millstone River"><img alt="Kingston Mill on the Millstone River" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Kingston_Mill.jpg/338px-Kingston_Mill.jpg" decoding="async" width="226" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Kingston_Mill.jpg/507px-Kingston_Mill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Kingston_Mill.jpg/675px-Kingston_Mill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kingston Mill on the <a href="/wiki/Millstone_River" title="Millstone River">Millstone River</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 227.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 225.33333333333px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Kingston_Bridge,_Kingston,_NJ_-_south_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Kingston Bridge (1798), built to replace one demolished by George Washington's troops to prevent British pursuit"><img alt="The Kingston Bridge (1798), built to replace one demolished by George Washington's troops to prevent British pursuit" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_south_view.jpg/338px-Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_south_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="226" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_south_view.jpg/507px-Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_south_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_south_view.jpg/675px-Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_south_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1743" data-file-height="1162" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Kingston Bridge (1798), built to replace one demolished by <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>'s troops to prevent British pursuit</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 227.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 225.33333333333px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Kingston_Bridge,_Kingston,_NJ_-_milestone.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The mile marker from 1798, showing the distance to Philadelphia (45 miles) and New York City (50 miles)"><img alt="The mile marker from 1798, showing the distance to Philadelphia (45 miles) and New York City (50 miles)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_milestone.jpg/338px-Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_milestone.jpg" decoding="async" width="226" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_milestone.jpg/507px-Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_milestone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_milestone.jpg/675px-Kingston_Bridge%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ_-_milestone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2563" data-file-height="1709" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">The mile marker from 1798, showing the distance to <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> (45 miles) and <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> (50 miles)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 228px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 226px;"><a href="/wiki/File:4577_State_Highway_27,_Kingston,_NJ.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Colonial on King's Highway"><img alt="Colonial on King's Highway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/4577_State_Highway_27%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ.jpg/339px-4577_State_Highway_27%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="226" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/4577_State_Highway_27%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ.jpg/510px-4577_State_Highway_27%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/4577_State_Highway_27%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ.jpg/678px-4577_State_Highway_27%2C_Kingston%2C_NJ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1991" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Colonial on <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_27" title="New Jersey Route 27">King's Highway</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Infrastructure">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emergency_services">Emergency services</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Emergency services">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt>Fire companies</dt></dl> Franklin Township is served by 10 all-volunteer Fire Departments in four fire districts.<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> <ul><li>Community Fire Company / Station 25 (District 3)<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a></li> <li>Elizabeth Ave. Fire Company / Station 26 (District 1)<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a></li> <li>East Franklin Fire Department / Station 27 (District 3)<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a></li> <li>Middlebush Fire Department / Station 44 (District 1)<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a></li> <li>Millstone Valley Fire Company / Station 28 (District 1)<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a></li> <li>Franklin Park Fire Department / Station 31 (District 2)<a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a></li> <li>Griggstown Fire Company / Station 35 (District 2)<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a></li> <li>Kingston Fire Company / Station 39 (District 4)<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a></li> <li>Little Rocky Hill Fire Company / Station 41 (District 2)<a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a></li> <li>Somerset Fire & Rescue Company #1 / Station 56 (District 1)<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>First aid squads</dt></dl> Franklin Township is served by four volunteer First Aid and Rescue Squads and one hospital-based EMS provider<a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a> <ul><li>East Millstone First Aid Squad<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> / Station 52</li> <li>Franklin Somerset First Aid Squad<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a> / Station 71 (Permanently closed)</li> <li>Rocky Hill First Aid & Rescue Squad<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> / Station 53</li> <li>Kendall Park First Aid & Rescue Squad<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a></li> <li>Kingston First Aid & Rescue Squad / Station 72</li> <li>Robert Wood Johnson EMS (Paid EMS through Municipal Contract)<a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transportation">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Roads_and_highways">Roads and highways</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Roads and highways">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2021-06-23_11_13_48_View_north_along_Interstate_287_from_the_overpass_for_Davidson_Avenue_in_Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/2021-06-23_11_13_48_View_north_along_Interstate_287_from_the_overpass_for_Davidson_Avenue_in_Franklin_Township%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg/220px-2021-06-23_11_13_48_View_north_along_Interstate_287_from_the_overpass_for_Davidson_Avenue_in_Franklin_Township%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/2021-06-23_11_13_48_View_north_along_Interstate_287_from_the_overpass_for_Davidson_Avenue_in_Franklin_Township%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg/330px-2021-06-23_11_13_48_View_north_along_Interstate_287_from_the_overpass_for_Davidson_Avenue_in_Franklin_Township%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/2021-06-23_11_13_48_View_north_along_Interstate_287_from_the_overpass_for_Davidson_Avenue_in_Franklin_Township%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg/440px-2021-06-23_11_13_48_View_north_along_Interstate_287_from_the_overpass_for_Davidson_Avenue_in_Franklin_Township%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Interstate_287" title="Interstate 287">Interstate 287</a> northbound in Franklin Township</figcaption></figure> As of May 2010<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a>, the township had a total of 260.12 miles (418.62 km) of roadways, of which 216.72 miles (348.78 km) were maintained by the municipality, 34.67 miles (55.80 km) by Somerset County and 8.73 miles (14.05 km) by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Transportation" title="New Jersey Department of Transportation">New Jersey Department of Transportation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_287" title="Interstate 287">Interstate 287</a> is the most significant highway within the township. It runs through the northern part of the township with two interchanges.<a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a> <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_27" title="New Jersey Route 27">Route 27</a> runs along the border between <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a>, and the townships of <a href="/wiki/South_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="South Brunswick, New Jersey">South Brunswick</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="North Brunswick, New Jersey">North Brunswick</a>.<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> Some of the major county routes that are in the township are <a href="/wiki/County_Route_514_(New_Jersey)" title="County Route 514 (New Jersey)">CR 514</a>,<a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a> <a href="/wiki/County_Route_518_(New_Jersey)" title="County Route 518 (New Jersey)">CR 518</a><a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_Route_527_(New_Jersey)" title="County Route 527 (New Jersey)">CR 527</a>.<a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a> The <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Turnpike" title="New Jersey Turnpike">New Jersey Turnpike</a> (<a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 95 in New Jersey">Interstate 95</a>) passes outside the township in both neighboring South Brunswick and New Brunswick, but the closest interchanges are two towns away in <a href="/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey" title="Edison, New Jersey">Edison</a> (Exit 10), <a href="/wiki/East_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="East Brunswick, New Jersey">East Brunswick Township</a> (Exit 9) and <a href="/wiki/Monroe_Township,_Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey">Monroe Township</a> (Exit 8A). Franklin Township was to house the northern end of the <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 95 in New Jersey">Somerset Freeway</a> at I-287 back in 1964 until it was later proposed to end in Piscataway. An additional spur, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_695_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 695 (New Jersey)">Interstate 695</a>, was also proposed as part of the project. This road was to complete Interstate 95 at the proposed southern end in <a href="/wiki/Hopewell_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Hopewell Township</a> at I-95 and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_295_(Delaware-New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)">I-295</a>. However the entire project was ultimately cancelled in 1982. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_transportation">Public transportation</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Public transportation">edit</a>]</div> Somerset County offers DASH routes 851 and 852, providing service to Franklin Township from <a href="/wiki/Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="Bound Brook, New Jersey">Bound Brook</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="North Brunswick, New Jersey">North Brunswick</a>.<a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a> Additionally, the CAT 1R provides service to Raritan Valley Community College, passing through <a href="/wiki/Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="Bound Brook, New Jersey">Bound Brook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somerville,_New_Jersey" title="Somerville, New Jersey">Somerville</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Raritan,_New_Jersey" title="Raritan, New Jersey">Raritan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a><a href="#cite_note-188">[188]</a> Commuter bus service to <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a> is offered by commuter transportation company <a href="/wiki/OurBus" title="OurBus">OurBus</a>, during peak hours, with service at Kendall Park to and from New York City.<a href="#cite_note-189">[189]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Utilities">Utilities</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Utilities">edit</a>]</div> Gas and electricity are provided by <a href="/wiki/PSE%26G" class="mw-redirect" title="PSE&G">PSE&G</a>. Water comes from the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal" title="Delaware and Raritan Canal">Delaware and Raritan Canal</a> from water bought from <a href="/wiki/American_Water_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Water (company)">American Water</a> and neighboring <a href="/wiki/North_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="North Brunswick, New Jersey">North Brunswick</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a> in <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey">Middlesex County</a>. In 2011, the township considered privatizing the system and awarding the contract to <a href="/wiki/United_Water" class="mw-redirect" title="United Water">United Water</a>.<a href="#cite_note-190">[190]</a> Sewerage service is provided by the Township of Franklin Sewerage Authority. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Points of interest">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Blackwells_Mills_Canal_House" title="Blackwells Mills Canal House">Blackwells Mills Canal House</a>, located at Blackwells Mills Road and Canal Road (598 Canal Road, Somerset) on the Delaware and Raritan Canal, was built <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1830s, at the same time as the canal. It was constructed to house the bridge tender, who would open the swing bridge when canal boats came through, then close it to allow traffic to cross over the canal. The building is leased from the State and is maintained and operated by the Blackwells Mills Canal House Association in conjunction with the Meadows Foundation.<a href="#cite_note-191">[191]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Inn" title="Franklin Inn">Franklin Inn</a>, at 2371 Amwell Road (<a href="/wiki/County_Route_514_(New_Jersey)" title="County Route 514 (New Jersey)">Route 514</a>), <a href="/wiki/East_Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="East Millstone, New Jersey">East Millstone</a>, NJ a farmhouse built <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1752 by Cornelius Van Liew, it has also been known as Annie Van Liew's House and, after being remodeled into a tavern and inn, the Franklin House Hotel.<a href="#cite_note-192">[192]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Hageman_Farm" title="Hageman Farm">Hageman Farm</a>, at 209 South Middlebush Road, is a <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1861 historic farm. Owned by Franklin Township, the farm is under the stewardship of the Meadows Foundation.<a href="#cite_note-193">[193]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham_(house)" title="Rockingham (house)">Rockingham State Historic Site</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_Jersey" title="Kingston, New Jersey">Kingston</a> on <a href="/wiki/County_Route_603_(Somerset_County,_New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="County Route 603 (Somerset County, New Jersey)">CR 603 (Somerset County)</a>, adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal" title="Delaware and Raritan Canal">Delaware and Raritan Canal</a>. <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> wrote his Farewell Address to the Revolutionary Army while staying here in the fall of 1783.<a href="#cite_note-194">[194]</a><a href="#cite_note-195">[195]</a></li> <li>Spieden & Hoebel Farms, Little Valley Natural Area is a 120-acre (0.49 km2) area at 1327 and 1345 Canal Road with several miles of trails through forest and along field edges. Across Canal Road is access to the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal" title="Delaware and Raritan Canal">Delaware and Raritan Canal</a> tow path and the Millstone River and flood plain.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulipwood_(home)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulipwood (home)">Tulipwood</a>, at 1165 Hamilton Street, is a <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1892 designed by J. August Lienau, the son of <a href="/wiki/Detlef_Lienau" title="Detlef Lienau">Detlef Lienau</a> for his brother-in-law Stephen Guion Williams whose family owned the <a href="/wiki/Williams_%26_Guion_Black_Star_Line" title="Williams & Guion Black Star Line">Williams & Guion Black Star Line</a>. The home is owned by Franklin Township.<a href="#cite_note-196">[196]</a></li> <li>The Ukrainian Cultural Center at 135 Davidson Avenue, serves as the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_of_the_USA" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA">Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA</a> and includes the following at the site (some open by appointment only): <ul><li>St. Sophia Seminary and Library, founded in 1975</li> <li>St. Andrew Memorial Church, completed and consecrated in 1967 in memory of the 7-14 million people who died in the Ukrainian famine of 1932-33 is a unique example of Ukrainian Cossack Baroque architecture in the area<a href="#cite_note-197">[197]</a></li> <li>St. Andrew Cemetery, founded in 1952</li> <li>The Ukrainian Historical and Educational Center, founded in 1972, which contains treasures of Ukrainian cultural, historical, social, religious, literary and political life including Easter eggs, lacework, hand embroidery, statuary and church vessels.<a href="#cite_note-198">[198]</a></li> <li>The Ukrainian Cultural Center, dedicated in 1985</li> <li>St. Andrew Ukrainian School, founded in 1962 and located in the Cultural Center</li> <li>St. Andrew Bookstore and Ecclesiastical Supply, founded in 1992</li></ul></li> <li>The historic Fisher Homestead, built in 1688, the home of <a href="/wiki/Hendrick_Fisher" title="Hendrick Fisher">Hendrick Fisher</a>, New Jersey's delegate to the Continental Congress, and the site of the Fisher Family Cemetery.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Van_Liew-Suydam_House" title="Van Liew-Suydam House">Van Liew-Suydam House</a>, at 280 South Middlebush Road, was built in the 18th century by Peter Van Liew. Joseph Suydam later built the part of the house that is visible today. The newest and largest portion of the house was built in 1875. Although the most recent long term owner of the house was named French, the house has been named after its two initial owners. Owned by Franklin Township, the farm is under the stewardship of the Meadows Foundation.<a href="#cite_note-199">[199]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Van_Wickle_House" title="Van Wickle House">Van Wickle House</a>, at 1289 Easton Avenue is a historic house built <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1722 by Symen Van Wickle. Operated by the Meadows Foundation which holds special annual events here.<a href="#cite_note-VanWickle-36">[36]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Wyckoff-Garretson_House" title="Wyckoff-Garretson House">Wyckoff-Garretson House</a>, at 215 South Middlebush Road, was built in 1730 by Cornelius Wyckoff. The house was restored by the Meadows Foundation under the direction of architect <a href="/wiki/Mark_Alan_Hewitt" title="Mark Alan Hewitt">Mark Alan Hewitt</a>.<a href="#cite_note-200">[200]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Notable people">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Category:People from Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey">Category:People from Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey</a></div> People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Franklin Township include: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Agudosi" title="Carlton Agudosi">Carlton Agudosi</a> (born 1994), <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Arizona Cardinals</a> of the NFL<a href="#cite_note-201">[201]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bartholomay" title="Anthony Bartholomay">Anthony Bartholomay</a> (1919–1975), mathematician who introduced <a href="/wiki/Molecular_set_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Molecular set theory">molecular set theory</a><a href="#cite_note-202">[202]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_Brooks" title="Avery Brooks">Avery Brooks</a> (born 1948), actor who portrayed Captain Sisko in <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine" title="Star Trek: Deep Space Nine">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a>, Hawk on <a href="/wiki/Spenser:_For_Hire" title="Spenser: For Hire">Spenser: For Hire</a> and <a href="/wiki/A_Man_Called_Hawk" title="A Man Called Hawk">A Man Called Hawk</a>, as well as film and theatre<a href="#cite_note-203">[203]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_P._Case" title="Clifford P. Case">Clifford P. Case</a> (1904–1982), politician who served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a><a href="#cite_note-204">[204]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upendra_J._Chivukula" title="Upendra J. Chivukula">Upendra J. Chivukula</a> (born 1950), <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Board_of_Public_Utilities" title="New Jersey Board of Public Utilities">New Jersey Board of Public Utilities</a> commissioner who represented the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_17th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 17th legislative district">17th Legislative District</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">New Jersey General Assembly</a>, and had served on the Franklin Township Council since 1997, serving as its mayor in 2000 and its deputy mayor in 1998<a href="#cite_note-205">[205]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Danielsen" title="Joseph Danielsen">Joseph Danielsen</a>, member of the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 17th Legislative District since October 2014, after being appointed to fill the vacant seat of Upendra J. Chivukula<a href="#cite_note-206">[206]</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Leavitt_Edgar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Leavitt Edgar (page does not exist)">Charles Leavitt Edgar</a> (1860–1932), mechanical engineer working in the area of central <a href="/wiki/Power_stations" class="mw-redirect" title="Power stations">power stations</a> noted for several firsts, president of <a href="/wiki/Boston_Edison_Company" title="Boston Edison Company">Boston Edison</a> (1900) and <a href="/wiki/National_Electric_Light_Association" title="National Electric Light Association">National Electric Light Association</a><a href="#cite_note-207">[207]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margit_Feldman" title="Margit Feldman">Margit Feldman</a> (1929–2020), public speaker, educator, activist and <a href="/wiki/Holocaust_survivor" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust survivor">Holocaust survivor</a><a href="#cite_note-208">[208]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendrick_Fisher" title="Hendrick Fisher">Hendrick Fisher</a> (1697–1778), represented Somerset County in the New Jersey Colonial Assembly, was one of three delegates representing New Jersey at the First Colonial Congress ("The <a href="/wiki/Stamp_Act_Congress" title="Stamp Act Congress">Stamp Act Congress</a>") in New York in 1765, was elected to New Jersey's <a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Correspondence" class="mw-redirect" title="Committee of Correspondence">Committee of Correspondence</a>, served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Safety_(American_Revolution)" class="mw-redirect" title="Committee of Safety (American Revolution)">Committee of Safety</a>, was President of the Colonial Assembly, was the first president of the <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Congress_of_New_Jersey" title="Provincial Congress of New Jersey">Provincial Congress of New Jersey</a> in 1775, was labeled an arch traitor and "Enemy of the <a href="/wiki/British_Crown" class="mw-redirect" title="British Crown">Crown</a>", and a founder and first president of the board of trustees of Queen's College (now <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a>). His homestead and grave are currently located on the grounds of the Ukrainian Cultural Center on Easton Avenue west of Davidson Avenue in the Somerset section<a href="#cite_note-209">[209]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krystyna_Freda" title="Krystyna Freda">Krystyna Freda</a> (born 1993), <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_association_football" title="Women's association football">footballer</a> who plays as a <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">forward</a> for <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_First_Division_(women)" title="Cypriot First Division (women)">Cypriot First Division</a> club <a href="/wiki/Apollon_Ladies_F.C." title="Apollon Ladies F.C.">Apollon Ladies FC</a><a href="#cite_note-210">[210]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Frelinghuysen" title="Theodore Frelinghuysen">Theodore Frelinghuysen</a> (1787–1862), politician who served as <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Attorney General">New Jersey Attorney General</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Newark,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of Newark, New Jersey">Mayor of Newark, New Jersey</a> before running as a candidate for <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a> with <a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay">Henry Clay</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> ticket in <a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1844" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1844">the election of 1844</a><a href="#cite_note-211">[211]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_Routh_Goshen" title="Colonel Routh Goshen">Colonel Routh Goshen</a> (1837–1889), billed as the tallest man in the world at 7 feet 11 inches (2.41 m) and 620 pounds (280 kg), he was known as the Middlebush Giant, a stage name created by <a href="/wiki/P._T._Barnum" title="P. T. Barnum">P. T. Barnum</a><a href="#cite_note-212">[212]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Griffith_(writer)" title="Mary Griffith (writer)">Mary Griffith</a> (1772–1846), writer, horticulturist and scientist<a href="#cite_note-213">[213]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Griggs" title="Benjamin Griggs">Benjamin Griggs</a> (1690–1768), one of the earliest European settlers of the area that would later be known as Griggstown, a community that takes its name from the grist mill that Griggs established on the Millstone River<a href="#cite_note-214">[214]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Guillaume,_baron_Hyde_de_Neuville" title="Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville">Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville</a> (1776–1857), French aristocrat, diplomat, and politician who resided in Franklin Township between 1811 and 1814 on a 100-acre (0.40 km2) farm on Easton Avenue in the area of the current Neuville Drive<a href="#cite_note-215">[215]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Hinson" title="Roy Hinson">Roy Hinson</a> (born 1961), <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a> stand-out who was a 1st round pick in the <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_draft" title="1983 NBA draft">1983 NBA draft</a> and played eight seasons with the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a><a href="#cite_note-216">[216]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Honeyman" title="John Honeyman">John Honeyman</a> (1729–1822), purported spy for <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> who was primarily responsible for gathering the intelligence crucial to Washington's victory in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton" title="Battle of Trenton">Battle of Trenton</a><a href="#cite_note-217">[217]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daryle_Lamont_Jenkins" title="Daryle Lamont Jenkins">Daryle Lamont Jenkins</a> (born 1968), political activist, best known for founding <a href="/wiki/One_People%27s_Project" title="One People's Project">One People's Project</a><a href="#cite_note-218">[218]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeroy_Wilfred_Kabs-Kanu" title="Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu">Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu</a> (born 1954), Sierra Leonean-American reverend, journalist and newspaper publisher who served as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations<a href="#cite_note-219">[219]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Leydt" title="Matthew Leydt">Matthew Leydt</a> (1755–1853), the first graduate of Queen's College (now Rutgers College of <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a>)[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Massimine" title="Christopher Massimine">Christopher Massimine</a>, former CEO of the National Yiddish Theatre <a href="/wiki/Folksbiene" title="Folksbiene">Folksbiene</a><a href="#cite_note-220">[220]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Melick" title="Judy Melick">Judy Melick</a> (born 1954), former competition <a href="/wiki/Swimming_(sport)" title="Swimming (sport)">swimmer</a> who participated as part of the U.S. team at the <a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Summer Olympics</a><a href="#cite_note-221">[221]</a><a href="#cite_note-222">[222]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Miller" title="Diamond Miller">Diamond Miller</a> (born 2001), <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> player for the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_women%27s_basketball" title="Maryland Terrapins women's basketball">Maryland Terrapins women's basketball</a> team<a href="#cite_note-223">[223]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maleah_Joi_Moon" title="Maleah Joi Moon">Maleah Joi Moon</a> (born 2003), <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a>-winning actress best known for originating the role of Ali in the <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> semi-autographical Broadway musical, <a href="/wiki/Hell%27s_Kitchen_(musical)" title="Hell's Kitchen (musical)">Hell's Kitchen</a><a href="#cite_note-224">[224]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Muldoon" title="Paul Muldoon">Paul Muldoon</a> (born 1951), writer, academic and educator, as well as <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning <a href="/wiki/Poetry" title="Poetry">poet</a> originally from <a href="/wiki/County_Armagh" title="County Armagh">County Armagh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a><a href="#cite_note-225">[225]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanette_Mundt" title="Jeanette Mundt">Jeanette Mundt</a> (born 1982), painter, best known for her works in the 2019 <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Biennial" title="Whitney Biennial">Whitney Biennial</a><a href="#cite_note-226">[226]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Davis_Oakey" title="Peter Davis Oakey">Peter Davis Oakey</a> (1861–1920), politician who served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> 1915–1917<a href="#cite_note-227">[227]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_James_Pappas" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael James Pappas">Michael James Pappas</a> (born 1960), former <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congressman" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congressman">U.S. Congressman</a> known for securing the release of the battleship <a href="/wiki/USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)" title="USS New Jersey (BB-62)">USS New Jersey</a> to the state of New Jersey as a museum, and his infamous singing of "Twinkle, Twinkle, <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Starr" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenneth Starr">Kenneth Starr</a>" on the House floor, former mayor of Franklin Township.<a href="#cite_note-228">[228]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randal_Pinkett" title="Randal Pinkett">Randal Pinkett</a> (born 1971), winner of <a href="/wiki/The_Apprentice_(US_Season_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Apprentice (US Season 4)">The Apprentice 4</a>, entrepreneur, speaker, author, scholar and community servant. Co-founder, president and CEO of BCT Partners, a Rutgers University <a href="/wiki/Rhodes_Scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodes Scholar">Rhodes Scholar</a> with four advanced degrees from <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a> and <a href="/wiki/M.I.T." class="mw-redirect" title="M.I.T.">M.I.T.</a><a href="#cite_note-229">[229]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Porter" title="Jeff Porter">Jeff Porter</a> (born 1985), track and field athlete who competed for the United States in the 110-meter hurdles at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016 Summer Olympics</a><a href="#cite_note-Porter-230">[230]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Porter_(American_football)" title="Joe Porter (American football)">Joe Porter</a> (born 1985), cornerback who played in the NFL for the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a><a href="#cite_note-Porter-230">[230]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Schureman_Schenck" title="Ferdinand Schureman Schenck">Ferdinand Schureman Schenck</a> (1790–1860), politician who represented New Jersey in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from 1833 to 1837<a href="#cite_note-231">[231]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breein_Tyree" title="Breein Tyree">Breein Tyree</a> (born 1998), <a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">point guard</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">shooting guard</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels_men%27s_basketball" title="Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball">Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball</a> team<a href="#cite_note-232">[232]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Weis" title="Charlie Weis">Charlie Weis</a> (born 1956), former head coach of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">University of Notre Dame</a> Fighting Irish football team, former offensive coordinator for <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> during <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> XXXVI, XXXVIII, and XXXIX, football coach for Franklin High School during its 1989 state championship season<a href="#cite_note-233">[233]</a><a href="#cite_note-234">[234]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Westley" title="Helen Westley">Helen Westley</a> (1875–1942), movie actress popular in the 1930s and 1940s, starring in such films as <a href="/wiki/The_Age_of_Innocence_(1934_film)" title="The Age of Innocence (1934 film)">The Age of Innocence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anne_of_Green_Gables" title="Anne of Green Gables">Anne of Green Gables</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_of_Sunnybrook_Farm" title="Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm">Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm</a><a href="#cite_note-235">[235]</a><a href="#cite_note-236">[236]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alma_Bridwell_White" title="Alma Bridwell White">Alma Bridwell White</a> (1862–1946), founder of the <a href="/wiki/Pillar_of_Fire_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Pillar of Fire Church">Pillar of Fire Church</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zarephath,_New_Jersey" title="Zarephath, New Jersey">Zarephath</a> community, first woman consecrated a <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishop</a> in the United States<a href="#cite_note-237">[237]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlene_White_Lawrence" title="Arlene White Lawrence">Arlene White Lawrence</a> (1916–1990), Bishop and the third President and General Superintendent of the <a href="/wiki/Pillar_of_Fire_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Pillar of Fire Church">Pillar of Fire Church</a><a href="#cite_note-238">[238]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Williams_(talk_radio_host)" title="Bruce Williams (talk radio host)">Bruce Williams</a> (born 1932), radio talk show host; currently the longest running talk show in history. Member of <a href="/wiki/Radio_Hall_of_Fame" title="Radio Hall of Fame">Radio Hall of Fame</a>, former mayor of Franklin Township from 1967 to 1975<a href="#cite_note-239">[239]</a><a href="#cite_note-240">[240]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Williams_(1970s_catcher)" title="Earl Williams (1970s catcher)">Earl Williams</a> (1948–2013), MLB catcher for eight seasons who earned the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year Award</a> at that position in 1971<a href="#cite_note-241">[241]</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CensusArea-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-5">f</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_34.txt">2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>. 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Accessed February 12, 2013. </li> <li id="cite_note-196"><a href="#cite_ref-196">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.njht.org/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/ct_tulipwood_house.html">Tulipwood House</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Historic_Trust" title="New Jersey Historic Trust">New Jersey Historic Trust</a>. Accessed January 5, 2017. "Tulipwood is notable for its Colonial Revival architecture and was likely designed in 1892 by architect, J. August Lienau, son of the famed Danish architect Detlaf Lienau." </li> <li id="cite_note-197"><a href="#cite_ref-197">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uocofusa.org/memorial_church.html">St. Andrew Memorial Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_of_the_USA" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA">Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA</a>. Accessed January 5, 2017. "Dominating the property of the St. Andrew Center is the unique edifice of the St. Andrew Memorial Church. Soaring skyward, the church is a monument to Ukrainian Cossack Baroque architecture. A result of years of planning and the sacrifices, labors and donations of countless faithful, the church is dedicated to all who perished in the Stalinist famine of 1932-33 and who have given their lives for the cause of freedom and justice." </li> <li id="cite_note-198"><a href="#cite_ref-198">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ukrhec.org/about-us">About Us</a>, The Ukrainian Historical and Educational Center. Accessed January 5, 2017. </li> <li id="cite_note-199"><a href="#cite_ref-199">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.themeadowsfoundation.org/van-liew-suydam.html">Van Liew-Suydam House</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080827224207/http://www.themeadowsfoundation.org/van-liew-suydam.html">Archived</a> 2008-08-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Meadows Foundation. Accessed February 12, 2013. </li> <li id="cite_note-200"><a href="#cite_ref-200">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://themeadowsfoundation.org/wyckoff-garretson.html">Wyckoff-Garretson House</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130104105716/http://www.themeadowsfoundation.org/wyckoff-garretson.html">Archived</a> 2013-01-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Meadows Foundation. Accessed February 12, 2013. </li> <li id="cite_note-201"><a href="#cite_ref-201">^</a> Newman, Josh. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.app.com/story/sports/college/rutgers/2016/08/24/rutgers-agudosi-embracing-last-chance-make-impact/89226690/">"Rutgers' Agudosi embracing last chance to make impact"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asbury_Park_Press" title="Asbury Park Press">Asbury Park Press</a>, August 24, 2016. Accessed December 10, 2017. "'This year is going to be big to prove what I can do,' said Agudosi, a Somerset native and 2012 graduate of Franklin High School." </li> <li id="cite_note-202"><a href="#cite_ref-202">^</a> Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19750325&id=2BZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7549,3963594&hl=en">"Dr. Anthony Bartholomay Former Member of MCO Facility"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Blade_(Toledo,_Ohio)" title="The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)">Toledo Blade</a>, March 25, 1975. Accessed May 14, 2016. </li> <li id="cite_note-203"><a href="#cite_ref-203">^</a> Barris, Mike. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120718153829/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1786425111.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+03,+2006&author=MIKE+BARRIS&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Ernie+Scott+remembers+Rosa+Parks&pqatl=google">"Ernie Scott remembers Rosa Parks"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asbury_Park_Press" title="Asbury Park Press">Asbury Park Press</a>, February 3, 2006. Accessed February 8, 2012. "His stage partner was Franklin Township's Avery Brooks, a Rutgers theater professor who plays Robeson, the Princeton-born African-American singer..." </li> <li id="cite_note-204"><a href="#cite_ref-204">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000220">Clifford Philip Case</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a>. Accessed December 29, 2006. </li> <li id="cite_note-205"><a href="#cite_ref-205">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=55075">Assembly Member Upendra J. Chivukula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Project_Vote_Smart" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Vote Smart">Project Vote Smart</a>. Accessed August 12, 2007. </li> <li id="cite_note-206"><a href="#cite_ref-206">^</a> Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nj.com/messenger-gazette/index.ssf/2014/10/joseph_danielsen_sworn_in_as_newest_member_of_general_assembly.html">"Joseph Danielsen sworn in as newest member of General Assembly"</a>, The Messenger-Gazette, October 16, 2014. Accessed February 2, 2015. "Franklin Township resident Joseph Danielsen became the newest member of the General Assembly, receiving the oath of office from Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, before taking part in his first voting session as a member of the legislature.... Danielsen will represent the 17th legislative district, which includes parts of Middlesex and Somerset counties, replacing Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula who recently left to become a commissioner of the Board of Public Utilities." </li> <li id="cite_note-207"><a href="#cite_ref-207">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/Resources/Edgar_Charles_Leavitt.cfm">Edgar, Charles Leavitt</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="American Society of Mechanical Engineers">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a> website. Accessed March 2, 2009. </li> <li id="cite_note-208"><a href="#cite_ref-208">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.raritanval.edu/general-information/newsroom/documentary-local-holocaust-survivor-screened-george-street-playhouse">"Documentary About Local Holocaust Survivor To Be Screened At George Street Playhouse"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raritan_Valley_Community_College" title="Raritan Valley Community College">Raritan Valley Community College</a>, February 15, 2017. Accessed April 21, 2020. "The public is invited to attend a free screening of the documentary, Margit: Not A23029, which focuses on the life of Holocaust survivor Margit Feldman of Somerset, February 28, at 7 p.m., at George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick." </li> <li id="cite_note-209"><a href="#cite_ref-209">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boundbrook.com/Content/360/6.aspx">Hendrick Fisher Descendent To Read Declaration of Independence in Bound Brook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="Bound Brook, New Jersey">Bound Brook, New Jersey</a>. Accessed August 21, 2008. </li> <li id="cite_note-210"><a href="#cite_ref-210">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://winthropeagles.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/krystyna-freda/3325">Krystyna Freda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winthrop_Eagles" title="Winthrop Eagles">Winthrop Eagles</a>. Accessed October 25, 2020. "Hometown: Somerset, NJ; Prev School: Franklin H.S." </li> <li id="cite_note-211"><a href="#cite_ref-211">^</a> Atkinson, Joseph. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Tc8wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA291">The History of Newark, New Jersey: Being a Narrative of Its Rise and Progress, from the Settlement in May, 1666, by Emigrants from Connecticut to the Present Time, Including a Sketch of the Press of Newark, from 1791 to 1878</a>, W.B. Guild, 1878. Accessed February 2, 2015. "Theodore Frelinghuysen, though not 'native here and to the manner born,' was to the extent of the best and busiest years of his life, essentially a Newarker. He was born in Franklin Township, Somerset County, N.J., March 28th, 1787, of an ancestry distinguished for its piety and learning." </li> <li id="cite_note-212"><a href="#cite_ref-212">^</a> Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2011/04/glimpse_of_history_middlebush.html">"Glimpse of History: 'Middlebush Giant' traded circus life for Franklin Twp. farm life"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Star-Ledger" title="The Star-Ledger">The Star-Ledger</a>, April 24, 2011. Accessed August 23, 2012. "He spent the last 15 years of his life living as a farmer on Amwell Road in Clyde, just outside Middlebush in Franklin Township in Somerset County." </li> <li id="cite_note-213"><a href="#cite_ref-213">^</a> Broderick, James F. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TQ1Rqf6lCMoC&pg=PA17">Paging New Jersey: A Literary Guide to the Garden State</a>, p. 17. <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University_Press" title="Rutgers University Press">Rutgers University Press</a>, 2003. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780813532905" title="Special:BookSources/9780813532905">9780813532905</a>. Accessed February 2, 2015. "The Jersey Connection: Spent most of her adult life living at 'Charlie's Hope,' her farm in Franklin Township near New Brunswick." </li> <li id="cite_note-214"><a href="#cite_ref-214">^</a> Prehn, Alyene Elizabeth Westall. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RmEbAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Benjamin+Griggs%22+%22franklin+township%22+1690++1768">Journal of a Genealogist: With Ancestral Wills from Late 1500s to 1900s of More Than 50 Surnames</a>, p. 486. A.E.W. Prehn, 1980. Accessed February 2, 2015. "The present Griggstown was founded by Benjamin Griggs and his brothers, on the banks of the Millstone river, where he settled and built a grist mill as early as 1733." </li> <li id="cite_note-215"><a href="#cite_ref-215">^</a> <a href="/wiki/William_B._Brahms" title="William B. Brahms">Brahms, William B.</a>, Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ: A History, Franklin Township Public Library, 1988. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9668586-0-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-9668586-0-3">0-9668586-0-3</a>. p. 531. </li> <li id="cite_note-216"><a href="#cite_ref-216">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HINSORO01">Roy Hinson</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205112344/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HINSORO01">Archived</a> 2007-02-05 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Database Basketball. Accessed May 22, 2016. </li> <li id="cite_note-217"><a href="#cite_ref-217">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nynjctbotany.org/njnbtofc/franklintwn.html">History of Franklin Township</a>, NY-NJ-CT Botany Online. Accessed September 22, 2007. "1777:... In Griggstown John Honeyman (with a home that still stands at the foot of Bunker Hill Road and Canal Road) posed as a cattle-trader sympathetic to the British in order to spy on them. Honeyman's information helped Washington plan the surprise attack on Trenton." </li> <li id="cite_note-218"><a href="#cite_ref-218">^</a> Bowman, Bill. [franklinreporter.com/township-resident-helps-lead-charge-against-no-show-white-supremacist-group/ "Township Resident Helps Lead Charge Against No-Show White Supremacist Group"], Franklin Reporter & Advocate, January 12, 2019 Accessed June 26, 2020. "Prominent among the protestors was township native Daryle Lamont Jenkins, founder of the One People's Project." </li> <li id="cite_note-219"><a href="#cite_ref-219">^</a> O'Brien, Kathleen. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nj.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2014/10/ebola_triggers_caution_in_njs_west_african_communities.html">"Ebola triggers caution in N.J.'s West African communities"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inside_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Inside Jersey">Inside Jersey</a>, October 7, 2014. Accessed November 10, 2018. "'It's awkward,' said Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu, a United Nations representative for Sierra Leone who lives in Somerset." </li> <li id="cite_note-220"><a href="#cite_ref-220">^</a> Teeman, Tim. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-christopher-massimine-the-nice-goy-running-the-national-yiddish-theatre">"Meet Christopher Massimine, the 'Nice Goy' Running the National Yiddish Theatre"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Beast" title="The Daily Beast">The Daily Beast</a>, April 1, 2018. Accessed June 15, 2021. "An only child, Massimine was born in Italy, and came to America at 8 months old, his parents—mother a nurse, father an accountant—settling in Somerset, New Jersey." </li> <li id="cite_note-221"><a href="#cite_ref-221">^</a> Fremon, Suzanne S. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/13/archives/state-has-13-on-olympic-team.html">"State Has 13 on Olympic Team"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, August 13, 1972. Accessed November 22, 2017. "Judy Melick, 17, of Somerset is the youngest of the New Jersey members of the Olympic team." </li> <li id="cite_note-222"><a href="#cite_ref-222">^</a> Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.digifind-it.com/franklin/data/news-record/1972/08%20August/08-17-1972.pdf#page=8">"Franklin Gril Will Swim For U.S. Olympic Team"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034718/http://www.digifind-it.com/franklin/data/news-record/1972/08%20August/08-17-1972.pdf#page=8">Archived</a> December 1, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, The Franklin News-Record, August 17, 1972. Accessed November 23, 2017. "Judy Melick of Franklin Township will represent the United States in the XX Olympiad in Munich, Germany next month." </li> <li id="cite_note-223"><a href="#cite_ref-223">^</a> Kipp, Guy. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tapinto.net/towns/franklin-township/sections/sports/articles/franklin-s-diamond-miller-signs-letter-of-intent-with-university-of-maryland">"Franklin's Diamond Miller Signs Letter of Intent with University of Maryland"</a>, TAP into Franklin / Somerset, November 14, 2018. Accessed May 12, 2022. "Diamond Miller made it official on Wednesday, following through on the decision she came to during the Franklin girls basketball team's title quest last March. The 6-foot-1 All-State guard/forward signed her National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Maryland Wednesday morning at Franklin High School, a month before Miller begins the senior season of her storied high school career." </li> <li id="cite_note-224"><a href="#cite_ref-224">^</a> Kuperinsky, Amy. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2024/06/nj-at-the-2024-tony-awards-winners-maleah-joi-moon-shaina-taub-and-more.html">"N.J. at the 2024 Tony Awards: Winners Maleah Joi Moon, Shaina Taub and more"</a>, NJ Advance Media for <a href="/wiki/NJ.com" title="NJ.com">NJ.com</a>, June 17, 2024. Accessed June 17, 2024. "Moon, 21, who grew up in Franklin Township, stars in the show inspired by the life of Alicia Keys, which features Keys’ music and was also nominated for best musical." </li> <li id="cite_note-225"><a href="#cite_ref-225">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.packetonline.com/articles/2007/12/15/the_princeton_packet/lifestyle/doc474c97359d08e693545914.prt">"Making history in Griggstown"</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">permanent dead link</a>‍], <a href="/wiki/Princeton_Packet" title="Princeton Packet">Princeton Packet</a>, November 27, 2007. Accessed December 23, 2007. "Two presentations by John Allen, president of the Griggstown Historical Society, were made. Mark Alan Hewitt, project architect, received an autographed copy of Moy Sand & Gravel by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, a Griggstown resident." </li> <li id="cite_note-226"><a href="#cite_ref-226">^</a> Hockley, Rujeko; Panetta, Jane. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7xupDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA86">Whitney Biennial 2019</a>, p. 86. <a href="/wiki/Yale_University_Press" title="Yale University Press">Yale University Press</a>, 2019. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780300242751" title="Special:BookSources/9780300242751">9780300242751</a>. Accessed October 29, 2019. "Jeanette Mundt – Born 1982 in Princeton, NJ; lives in Somerset, NJ" </li> <li id="cite_note-227"><a href="#cite_ref-227">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000002">Oakey, Peter Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a>. Accessed March 2, 2009. </li> <li id="cite_note-228"><a href="#cite_ref-228">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000049">Michael James Pappas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a>. Accessed December 29, 2006. </li> <li id="cite_note-229"><a href="#cite_ref-229">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://randalpinkett.com/about/biography.asp">Biography</a>, Dr. Randal Pinkett web site. Accessed December 12, 2006 </li> <li id="cite_note-Porter-230">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Porter_230-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Porter_230-1">b</a> Denman, Elliott. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20120701/NJSPORTS/307010028/Franklin-s-Jeff-Porter-makes-Olympics-hurdles">"Franklin's Jeff Porter makes Olympics in hurdles"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Courier_News" title="Courier News">Courier News</a>, July 1, 2012. Accessed February 12, 2013. "Joe Porter, the Franklin Township High School and Rutgers University alumnus, played in the NFL from 2006 to 2011, most recently as an Oakland Raiders cornerback. But now it's his twin brother. Jeff, making news of his own." </li> <li id="cite_note-231"><a href="#cite_ref-231">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000116">Ferdinand Schureman Schenck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a>. Accessed August 23, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-232"><a href="#cite_ref-232">^</a> Carino, Jerry. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2019/03/05/breein-tyree-ole-miss/3054301002/">"With a gutsy gesture, Jersey's Breein Tyree swats Confederate 'hate groups' at Ole Miss"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asbury_Park_Press" title="Asbury Park Press">Asbury Park Press</a>, March 5, 2019. Accessed December 16, 2019. "That's exactly what Breein Tyree and his University of Mississippi basketball teammates did Feb. 23. Tyree, a Somerset native who starred at St. Joseph-Metuchen High School, was one of six players who took a knee during national anthem to protest a Confederacy rally near the arena." </li> <li id="cite_note-233"><a href="#cite_ref-233">^</a> Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/charlie_weis/index.html">"Charlie Weis"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, November 30, 2009. Accessed August 23, 2012. "Before taking over at Notre Dame, his alma mater, for the 2005 season, Weis had 15 years of experience as an N.F.L. assistant and three Super Bowl rings, but only one season as a head coach; he led Franklin Township High School to the 1989 New Jersey state title." </li> <li id="cite_note-234"><a href="#cite_ref-234">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/weis_charlie00.html">Charlie Weis</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081228155233/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/weis_charlie00.html">Archived</a> 2008-12-28 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, University of Notre Dame Official Athletic Site. Accessed December 28, 2006. </li> <li id="cite_note-235"><a href="#cite_ref-235">^</a> Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1942/12/13/archives/helen-westley-63-a-noted-actress-long-known-for-character-i-roles.html">"Helen Westley, 63, A Noted Actress; Long Known for Character Roles on the Stage, and on the Screen Since 1934 Theatre Guild Leader One of Founders, Appeared in More Than 40 of Its Plays – Dies in New Jersey"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, December 13, 1942. Accessed August 23, 2012. "Middlebush, N. J., Dec. 12 – Helen Westley, the actress, who had played important roles on the stage for many years and on the screen since 1934 and was one of the founders of the Theatre Guild, died at her home here tonight after an illness of ten months, at the age of 63." </li> <li id="cite_note-236"><a href="#cite_ref-236">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922818/">Helen Westley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internet_Movie_Database" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a> (IMDb). Accessed December 28, 2006. </li> <li id="cite_note-237"><a href="#cite_ref-237">^</a> Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1946/06/27/archives/bishop-alma-white-preacher-author-founder-of-pillar-of-fire-dies-at.html">"Bishop Alma White, Preacher, Author; Founder of Pillar of Fire Dies at 84--Established Several Schools and Colleges"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, June 27, 1946. Accessed November 10, 2018. "Bishop Alma White, founder of the Pillar of Fire Church and author of thirty-five religious tracts and some 200 hymns, died here today at the headquarters of the religious group at near-by Zarephath." </li> <li id="cite_note-238"><a href="#cite_ref-238">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PAKJwxZFNPAC&pg=PA1295">Federal Communications Commission Reports: Decisions, Reports, and Orders of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States, Volume 99</a>, p. 1295. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Government_Printing_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Government Printing Office">United States Government Printing Office</a>, 1987. Accessed June 26, 2020. "Bishop Arlene White Lawrence was born in Zarephath and presently is a resident of Bell Mead, New Jersey, which is located approximately five miles from Zarephath." </li> <li id="cite_note-239"><a href="#cite_ref-239">^</a> Eftimiades, Maria. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/02/nyregion/radio-personality-without-limits.html">"Radio Personality Without Limits"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, July 2, 1989. Accessed August 23, 2012. "Mr. Williams has dabbed in politics, serving as a councilman and two-term mayor for Franklin Township from 1967 to 1975." </li> <li id="cite_note-240"><a href="#cite_ref-240">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.radiovillage.com/bruce_williams.htm">Bruce Williams Biography</a>, Radio Village. 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Jersey">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Brook_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Green Brook Township, New Jersey">Green Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsborough Township, New Jersey">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Montgomery Township, New Jersey">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Warren Township, New Jersey">Warren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basking_Ridge,_New_Jersey" title="Basking Ridge, New Jersey">Basking Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedminster_(CDP),_New_Jersey" title="Bedminster (CDP), New Jersey">Bedminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Mead,_New_Jersey" title="Belle Mead, New Jersey">Belle Mead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackwells_Mills,_New_Jersey" title="Blackwells Mills, New Jersey">Blackwells Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blawenburg,_New_Jersey" title="Blawenburg, New Jersey">Blawenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Gardens,_New_Jersey" title="Bradley Gardens, New Jersey">Bradley Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Center,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgewater Center, New Jersey">Bridgewater Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde,_New_Jersey" title="Clyde, New Jersey">Clyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Franklin,_New_Jersey" title="East Franklin, New Jersey">East Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="East Millstone, New Jersey">East Millstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Rocky_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="East Rocky Hill, New Jersey">East Rocky Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finderne,_New_Jersey" title="Finderne, New Jersey">Finderne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flagtown,_New_Jersey" title="Flagtown, New Jersey">Flagtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Center,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Center, New Jersey">Franklin Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Park, New Jersey">Franklin Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Knoll,_New_Jersey" title="Green Knoll, New Jersey">Green Knoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griggstown,_New_Jersey" title="Griggstown, New Jersey">Griggstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlingen,_New_Jersey" title="Harlingen, New Jersey">Harlingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_(CDP),_New_Jersey" title="Hillsborough (CDP), New Jersey">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_Jersey" title="Kingston, New Jersey">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamington,_New_Jersey" title="Lamington, New Jersey">Lamington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Corner,_New_Jersey" title="Liberty Corner, New Jersey">Liberty Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyons,_New_Jersey" title="Lyons, New Jersey">Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_New_Jersey" title="Martinsville, New Jersey">Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlebush,_New_Jersey" title="Middlebush, New Jersey">Middlebush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshanic,_New_Jersey" title="Neshanic, New Jersey">Neshanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshanic_Station,_New_Jersey" title="Neshanic Station, New Jersey">Neshanic Station</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Plains,_New_Jersey" title="Pleasant Plains, New Jersey">Pleasant Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pluckemin,_New_Jersey" title="Pluckemin, New Jersey">Pluckemin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottersville,_New_Jersey" title="Pottersville, New Jersey">Pottersville</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Mile_Run,_New_Jersey" title="Six Mile Run, New Jersey">Six Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skillman,_New_Jersey" title="Skillman, New Jersey">Skillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset, New Jersey">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Mile_Run,_New_Jersey" title="Ten Mile Run, New Jersey">Ten Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hills,_New_Jersey" title="The Hills, New Jersey">The Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voorhees_(CDP),_New_Jersey" title="Voorhees (CDP), New Jersey">Voorhees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston,_New_Jersey" title="Weston, New Jersey">Weston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zarephath,_New_Jersey" title="Zarephath, New Jersey">Zarephath</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_New_Jersey#Unincorporated_communities" title="Local government in New Jersey">Other communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amwell,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Amwell, New Jersey">Amwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloverhill,_New_Jersey" title="Cloverhill, New Jersey">Cloverhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutchtown,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Dutchtown, Somerset County, New Jersey">Dutchtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Corners,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Corners, New Jersey">Franklin Corners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Acres,_New_Jersey" title="Free Acres, New Jersey">Free Acres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone,_New_Jersey" title="Gladstone, New Jersey">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rocky_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Little Rocky Hill, New Jersey">Little Rocky Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlebrook,_New_Jersey" title="Middlebrook, New Jersey">Middlebrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Branch,_New_Jersey" title="North Branch, New Jersey">North Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockingham, New Jersey">Rockingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Branch,_New_Jersey" title="South Branch, New Jersey">South Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoutsburg,_New_Jersey" title="Stoutsburg, New Jersey">Stoutsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zion,_New_Jersey" title="Zion, New Jersey">Zion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:New_Jersey_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:New Jersey (state)">New Jersey portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States">United States portal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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Bronx">Bronx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutchess_County,_New_York" title="Dutchess County, New York">Dutchess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Essex County, New Jersey">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfield_County,_Connecticut" title="Fairfield County, Connecticut">Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfield_County,_Connecticut" title="Litchfield County, Connecticut">Litchfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mercer County, New Jersey">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monmouth County, New Jersey">Monmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Monroe County, Pennsylvania">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_New_Jersey" title="Morris County, New Jersey">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nassau_County,_New_York" title="Nassau County, New York">Nassau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven_County,_Connecticut" title="New Haven County, Connecticut">New Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_County,_New_Jersey" title="Ocean County, New Jersey">Ocean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_New_York" title="Orange County, New York">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passaic_County,_New_Jersey" title="Passaic County, New Jersey">Passaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Pike County, Pennsylvania">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_New_York" title="Putnam County, New York">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a></li> <li><a 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title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staten_Island" title="Staten Island">Staten Island</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#003884; color: #FF6600;;width:1%">Cities and towns over 100,000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Babylon,_New_York" title="Babylon, New York">Babylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_Connecticut" title="Bridgeport, Connecticut">Bridgeport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookhaven,_New_York" title="Brookhaven, New York">Brookhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey" title="Edison, New Jersey">Edison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New Jersey">Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hempstead,_New_York" title="Hempstead, New York">Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington,_New_York" title="Huntington, New York">Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islip,_New_York" title="Islip, New York">Islip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lakewood Township, New Jersey">Lakewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Hempstead,_New_York" title="North Hempstead, New York">North Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyster_Bay,_New_York" title="Oyster Bay, New York">Oyster Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithtown,_New_York" title="Smithtown, New York">Smithtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterbury,_Connecticut" title="Waterbury, Connecticut">Waterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodbridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Woodbridge Township, New Jersey">Woodbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York" title="Yonkers, New York">Yonkers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#003884; color: #FF6600;;width:1%">Cities and towns over 25,000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bayonne,_New_Jersey" title="Bayonne, New Jersey">Bayonne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernards_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bernards Township, New Jersey">Bernards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branford,_Connecticut" title="Branford, Connecticut">Branford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brick_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Brick Township, New Jersey">Brick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgewater Township, New Jersey">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmel,_New_York" title="Carmel, New York">Carmel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire,_Connecticut" title="Cheshire, Connecticut">Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton,_New_Jersey" title="Clifton, New Jersey">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortlandt,_New_York" title="Cortlandt, New York">Cortlandt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danbury,_Connecticut" title="Danbury, Connecticut">Danbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastchester,_New_York" title="Eastchester, New York">Eastchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="East Brunswick, New Jersey">East Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Haven,_Connecticut" title="East Haven, Connecticut">East Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Orange,_New_Jersey" title="East Orange, New Jersey">East Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Windsor,_New_Jersey" title="East Windsor, New Jersey">East Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewing_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Ewing Township, New Jersey">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_Connecticut" title="Fairfield, Connecticut">Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Franklin Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freehold_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Freehold Township, New Jersey">Freehold Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey" title="Garfield, New Jersey">Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenburgh,_New_York" title="Greenburgh, New York">Greenburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich,_Connecticut" title="Greenwich, Connecticut">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamden,_Connecticut" title="Hamden, Connecticut">Hamden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsborough Township, New Jersey">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoboken,_New_Jersey" title="Hoboken, New Jersey">Hoboken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howell_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Howell Township, New Jersey">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Jackson Township, New Jersey">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearny,_New_Jersey" title="Kearny, New Jersey">Kearny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston,_New_Jersey" title="Livingston, New Jersey">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_New_York" title="Long Beach, New York">Long Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Branch,_New_Jersey" title="Long Branch, New Jersey">Long Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamaroneck,_New_York" title="Mamaroneck, New York">Mamaroneck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manalapan_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Manalapan Township, New Jersey">Manalapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maplewood,_New_Jersey" title="Maplewood, New Jersey">Maplewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlboro_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Marlboro Township, New Jersey">Marlboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meriden,_Connecticut" title="Meriden, Connecticut">Meriden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Middletown Township, New Jersey">Middletown, NJ</a></li> <li><a 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title="New Rochelle, New York">New Rochelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburgh,_New_York" title="Newburgh, New York">Newburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtown,_Connecticut" title="Newtown, Connecticut">Newtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="North Brunswick, New Jersey">North Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwalk,_Connecticut" title="Norwalk, Connecticut">Norwalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Bridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Old Bridge Township, New Jersey">Old Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange,_New_Jersey" title="Orange, New Jersey">Orange, NJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossining_(town),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Ossining (town), New York">Ossining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Tree,_New_York" title="Palm Tree, New York">Palm Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsippany%E2%80%93Troy_Hills,_New_Jersey" title="Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey">Parsippany–Troy Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passaic,_New_Jersey" title="Passaic, New Jersey">Passaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Amboy,_New_Jersey" title="Perth Amboy, New Jersey">Perth Amboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piscataway,_New_Jersey" title="Piscataway, New Jersey">Piscataway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="Plainfield, New Jersey">Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poughkeepsie,_New_York" title="Poughkeepsie, New York">Poughkeepsie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahway,_New_Jersey" title="Rahway, New Jersey">Rahway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph,_New_Jersey" title="Randolph, New Jersey">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverhead,_New_York" title="Riverhead, New York">Riverhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockaway_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Rockaway Township, New Jersey">Rockaway Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rye_(town),_New_York" title="Rye (town), New York">Rye (town)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton,_Connecticut" title="Shelton, Connecticut">Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="South Brunswick, New Jersey">South Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford,_Connecticut" title="Stratford, Connecticut">Stratford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toms_River,_New_Jersey" title="Toms River, New Jersey">Toms River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrington,_Connecticut" title="Torrington, Connecticut">Torrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trumbull,_Connecticut" title="Trumbull, Connecticut">Trumbull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_City,_New_Jersey" title="Union City, New Jersey">Union City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Township,_Union_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union Township, Union County, New Jersey">Union Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Wall Township, New Jersey">Wall Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallingford,_Connecticut" title="Wallingford, Connecticut">Wallingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne,_New_Jersey" title="Wayne, New Jersey">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Haven,_Connecticut" title="West Haven, Connecticut">West Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Orange,_New_Jersey" title="West Orange, New Jersey">West Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Windsor,_New_Jersey" title="West Windsor, New Jersey">West Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield,_New_Jersey" title="Westfield, New Jersey">Westfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westport,_Connecticut" title="Westport, Connecticut">Westport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Plains,_New_York" title="White Plains, New York">White Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorktown,_New_York" title="Yorktown, New York">Yorktown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#003884; color: #FF6600;;width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catskill_Mountains" title="Catskill Mountains">Catskills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Jersey" title="Central Jersey">Central Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Connecticut" title="Coastal Connecticut">Coastal Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Danbury" title="Greater Danbury">Greater Danbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateway_Region" title="Gateway Region">Greater Newark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_New_Haven" title="Greater New Haven">Greater New Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Torrington" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Torrington">Greater Torrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Naugatuck_Valley" title="Central Naugatuck Valley">Greater Waterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housatonic_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Housatonic Valley">Housatonic Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson_Valley" title="Hudson Valley">Hudson Valley</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_Shore" title="Jersey Shore">Jersey Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfield_Hills" title="Litchfield Hills">Litchfield Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Jersey" title="North Jersey">North Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocono_Mountains" title="Pocono Mountains">Poconos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raritan_River" title="Raritan River">Raritan Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skylands_Region" title="Skylands Region">Skylands Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Hills" title="Somerset Hills">Somerset Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watchung_Mountains" title="Watchung Mountains">Watchung Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Connecticut">Western Connecticut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#003884; color: #FF6600;;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Raritan_Valley" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Raritan_Valley_navigation" title="Template:Raritan Valley navigation"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Raritan_Valley_navigation" title="Template talk:Raritan Valley navigation"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Raritan_Valley_navigation" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Raritan Valley navigation"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Raritan_Valley" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Raritan Valley</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Geography" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_New_Jersey" title="Geography of New Jersey">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raritan_River" title="Raritan River">Raritan River</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Branch_Raritan_River" title="North Branch Raritan River">North Branch Raritan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Branch_Raritan_River" title="South Branch Raritan River">South Branch Raritan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millstone_River" title="Millstone River">Millstone River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Brook" title="Green Brook">Green Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Brook" title="Lawrence Brook">Lawrence Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_River_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="South River (Raritan River tributary)">South River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raritan_Bay" title="Raritan Bay">Raritan Bay</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raritan_Bayshore" title="Raritan Bayshore">Raritan Bayshore</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Raritan_River_Bridge%2C_Highland_Park%2C_NJ.jpg/200px-Raritan_River_Bridge%2C_Highland_Park%2C_NJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Raritan_River_Bridge%2C_Highland_Park%2C_NJ.jpg/300px-Raritan_River_Bridge%2C_Highland_Park%2C_NJ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Raritan_River_Bridge%2C_Highland_Park%2C_NJ.jpg/400px-Raritan_River_Bridge%2C_Highland_Park%2C_NJ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3034" data-file-height="2023" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Central_communities" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central communities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Amboys" title="The Amboys">The Amboys</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Amboy,_New_Jersey" title="Perth Amboy, New Jersey">Perth Amboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Amboy,_New_Jersey" title="South Amboy, New Jersey">South Amboy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Brunswicks" title="The Brunswicks">The Brunswicks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="East Brunswick, New Jersey">East Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="North Brunswick, New Jersey">North Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="South Brunswick, New Jersey">South Brunswick</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedminster,_New_Jersey" title="Bedminster, New Jersey">Bedminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branchburg,_New_Jersey" title="Branchburg, New Jersey">Branchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_New_Jersey" title="Clinton, New Jersey">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemington,_New_Jersey" title="Flemington, New Jersey">Flemington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Brook_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Green Brook Township, New Jersey">Green Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matawan,_New_Jersey" title="Matawan, New Jersey">Matawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Middletown Township, New Jersey">Middletown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="Millstone, New Jersey">Millstone Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millstone_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Millstone Township, New Jersey">Millstone Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Plainfields" title="The Plainfields">The Plainfields</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="Plainfield, New Jersey">Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="North Plainfield, New Jersey">North Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="South Plainfield, New Jersey">South Plainfield</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raritan,_New_Jersey" title="Raritan, New Jersey">Raritan Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raritan_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Raritan Township, New Jersey">Raritan Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_River,_New_Jersey" title="South River, New Jersey">South River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Larger-sized_communities(over_25,000_in_2020)" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Larger-sized communities (over 25,000 in <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernards_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bernards Township, New Jersey">Bernardsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgewater Township, New Jersey">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Windsor,_New_Jersey" title="East Windsor, New Jersey">East Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey" title="Edison, New Jersey">Edison</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Franklin Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freehold_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Freehold Township, New Jersey">Freehold Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsborough Township, New Jersey">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Lawrenceville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manalapan_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Manalapan Township, New Jersey">Manalapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlboro_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Marlboro Township, New Jersey">Marlboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_Township,_Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Olive_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Mount Olive Township, New Jersey">Mount Olive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Bridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Old Bridge Township, New Jersey">Old Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piscataway,_New_Jersey" title="Piscataway, New Jersey">Piscataway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayreville,_New_Jersey" title="Sayreville, New Jersey">Sayreville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Windsor,_New_Jersey" title="West Windsor, New Jersey">West Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodbridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Woodbridge Township, New Jersey">Woodbridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Smaller-sized_communities(10,000_to_25,000_in_2020)" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Smaller-sized communities (10,000 to 25,000 in <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Aberdeen Township, New Jersey">Aberdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Heights,_New_Jersey" title="Berkeley Heights, New Jersey">Berkeley Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="Bound Brook, New Jersey">Bound Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Clinton Township, New Jersey">Clinton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freehold_Borough,_New_Jersey" title="Freehold Borough, New Jersey">Freehold Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazlet,_New_Jersey" title="Hazlet, New Jersey">Hazlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Highland Park, New Jersey">Highland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holmdel_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Holmdel Township, New Jersey">Holmdel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Hopewell Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manville,_New_Jersey" title="Manville, New Jersey">Manville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metuchen,_New_Jersey" title="Metuchen, New Jersey">Metuchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex, New Jersey">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Montgomery Township, New Jersey">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainsboro_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Plainsboro Township, New Jersey">Plainsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Readington_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Readington Township, New Jersey">Readington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotch_Plains,_New_Jersey" title="Scotch Plains, New Jersey">Scotch Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_New_Jersey" title="Somerville, New Jersey">Somerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Township,_Union_County,_New_Jersey" title="Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit,_New_Jersey" title="Summit, New Jersey">Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Warren Township, New Jersey">Warren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_Jersey" title="List of counties in New Jersey">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mercer County, New Jersey">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monmouth County, New Jersey">Monmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_New_Jersey" title="Morris County, New Jersey">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union County, New Jersey">Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_New_Jersey" title="History of New Jersey">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raritan_people" title="Raritan people">Raritans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navesink_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Navesink tribe">Navesinks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_history_of_New_Jersey" title="Colonial history of New Jersey">Colonial history of New Jersey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown_Tract" title="Elizabethtown Tract">Elizabethtown Tract</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_Tract" title="Monmouth Tract">Monmouth Tract</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Highway_(Charleston_to_Boston)" title="King's Highway (Charleston to Boston)">King's Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nassau_Hall" title="Nassau Hall">Nassau Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Queens" title="Old Queens">Queen's College</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Princeton" title="Battle of Princeton">Battle of Princeton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Millstone" title="Battle of Millstone">Battle of Millstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Monmouth" title="Battle of Monmouth">Battle of Monmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Village_Inn_(Englishtown,_New_Jersey)" title="Village Inn (Englishtown, New Jersey)">Village Inn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlebrook_encampment" title="Middlebrook encampment">Middlebrook encampment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jockey_Hollow" title="Jockey Hollow">Jockey Hollow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham_(house)" title="Rockingham (house)">Rockingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Rock_State_Park" title="Washington Rock State Park">Washington Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Hall" title="Ross Hall">Ross Hall</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal" title="Delaware and Raritan Canal">Delaware and Raritan Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox%E2%80%93Porter_Resolution" title="Knox–Porter Resolution">Knox–Porter Resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateway_National_Recreation_Area" title="Gateway National Recreation Area">Gateway National Recreation Area</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Hancock,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Hancock, New Jersey">Fort Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Light" title="Sandy Hook Light">Sandy Hook</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Weapons_Station_Earle" title="Naval Weapons Station Earle">Naval Weapons Station Earle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Trump_National_Golf_Club_Bedminster" title="Trump National Golf Club Bedminster">'Summer White House'</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bedminster,_New_Jersey" title="Bedminster, New Jersey">Bedminster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/File:Raritan_River_Bridge,_Highland_Park,_NJ.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="link=Portal:"><img alt="link=Portal:" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Raritan_River_Bridge%2C_Highland_Park%2C_NJ.jpg/20px-Raritan_River_Bridge%2C_Highland_Park%2C_NJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Green_Brook" title="Green Brook">Green Brook</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Brook" title="Ambrose Brook">Ambrose Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Brook_(Green_Brook_tributary)" title="Blue Brook (Green Brook tributary)">Blue Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonygutt_Brook" title="Bonygutt Brook">Bonygutt Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bound_Brook_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="Bound Brook (Raritan River tributary)">Bound Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crab_Brook" title="Crab Brook">Crab Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Brook_(Green_Brook_tributary)" title="Stony Brook (Green Brook tributary)">Stony Brook</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Brook" title="Lawrence Brook">Lawrence Brook</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaverdam_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Beaverdam Brook (New Jersey)">Beaverdam Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cow_Yard_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Cow Yard Brook (New Jersey)">Cow Yard Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Ditch" title="Great Ditch">Great Ditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Ireland Brook (New Jersey)">Ireland Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakeys_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Oakeys Brook (New Jersey)">Oakeys Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawmill_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Sawmill Brook (New Jersey)">Sawmill Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucker_Brook_(Lawrence_Brook_tributary)" title="Sucker Brook (Lawrence Brook tributary)">Sucker Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terhune_Run" title="Terhune Run">Terhune Run</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Brook_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="Middle Brook (Raritan River tributary)">Middle Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mile_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Mile Run (New Jersey)">Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millstone_River" title="Millstone River">Millstone River</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Back_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Back Brook (New Jersey)">Back Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baldwins_Creek" title="Baldwins Creek">Baldwins Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Brook_(Millstone_River_tributary)" title="Bear Brook (Millstone River tributary)">Bear Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beden_Brook" title="Beden Brook">Beden Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_Back_Brook" title="Branch Back Brook">Branch Back Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carters_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Carters Brook (New Jersey)">Carters Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Tail_Brook" title="Cat Tail Brook">Cat Tail Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Brook" title="Cedar Brook">Cedar Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbury_Brook" title="Cranbury Brook">Cranbury Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Cross Brook (New Jersey)">Cross Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruser_Brook" title="Cruser Brook">Cruser Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devils_Brook" title="Devils Brook">Devils Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duck_Pond_Run" title="Duck Pond Run">Duck Pond Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrys_Brook" title="Harrys Brook">Harrys Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathcote_Brook" title="Heathcote Brook">Heathcote Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathcote_Brook_Branch" title="Heathcote Brook Branch">Heathcote Brook Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honey_Branch" title="Honey Branch">Honey Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Lewis Brook (New Jersey)">Lewis Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Bear_Brook" title="Little Bear Brook">Little Bear Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlebush_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Middlebush Brook (New Jersey)">Middlebush Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Mile_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Nine Mile Run (New Jersey)">Nine Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peters_Brook_(Stony_Brook_tributary)" title="Peters Brook (Stony Brook tributary)">Peters Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Pike Run (New Jersey)">Pike Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Tree_Run" title="Pine Tree Run">Pine Tree Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Brook" title="Randolph Brook">Randolph Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roaring_Brook_(Cruser_Brook_tributary)" title="Roaring Brook (Cruser Brook tributary)">Roaring Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Brook" title="Rock Brook">Rock Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Brook" title="Rocky Brook">Rocky Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royce_Brook" title="Royce Brook">Royce Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shallow_Brook" title="Shallow Brook">Shallow Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simonson_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Simonson Brook (New Jersey)">Simonson Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Mile_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Six Mile Run (New Jersey)">Six Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steep_Hill_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Steep Hill Brook (New Jersey)">Steep Hill Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Brook_(Millstone_River_tributary)" title="Stony Brook (Millstone River tributary)">Stony Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Brook_Branch" title="Stony Brook Branch">Stony Brook Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Mile_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Ten Mile Run (New Jersey)">Ten Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timber_Run" title="Timber Run">Timber Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodsville_Brook" title="Woodsville Brook">Woodsville Brook</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Branch_Raritan_River" title="North Branch Raritan River">North Branch Raritan River</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_River_(New_Jersey)" title="Black River (New Jersey)">Black River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamington_River" title="Lamington River">Lamington River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockaway_Creek_(New_Jersey)" title="Rockaway Creek (New Jersey)">Rockaway Creek</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peters_Brook_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="Peters Brook (Raritan River tributary)">Peters Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Branch_Raritan_River" title="South Branch Raritan River">South Branch Raritan River</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holland_Brook" title="Holland Brook">Holland Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshanic_River" title="Neshanic River">Neshanic River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Pleasant Run (New Jersey)">Pleasant Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spruce_Run_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="Spruce Run (Raritan River tributary)">Spruce Run</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_River_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="South River (Raritan River tributary)">South River</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manalapan_Brook" title="Manalapan Brook">Manalapan Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matchaponix_Brook" title="Matchaponix Brook">Matchaponix Brook</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lakes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Budd_Lake_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Budd Lake (New Jersey)">Budd Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dismal_Swamp_(New_Jersey)" title="Dismal Swamp (New Jersey)">Dismal Swamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duhernal_Lake" title="Duhernal Lake">Duhernal Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson_Park_(Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey)#Lake_Manalapan" title="Thompson Park (Middlesex County, New Jersey)">Lake Manalapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Carnegie_(New_Jersey)" title="Lake Carnegie (New Jersey)">Lake Carnegie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Surprise_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Surprise (New Jersey)">Lake Surprise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Topanemus" title="Lake Topanemus">Lake Topanemus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasquan_Reservoir" title="Manasquan Reservoir">Manasquan Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round_Valley_Reservoir" title="Round Valley Reservoir">Round Valley Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spruce_Run_Recreation_Area" title="Spruce Run Recreation Area">Spruce Run Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westons_Mill_Pond" title="Westons Mill Pond">Westons Mill Pond</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bethlehem Township, New Jersey">Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Califon,_New_Jersey" title="Califon, New Jersey">Califon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_New_Jersey" title="Clinton, New Jersey">Clinton Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Clinton Township, New Jersey">Clinton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Amwell_Township,_New_Jersey" title="East Amwell Township, New Jersey">East Amwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemington,_New_Jersey" title="Flemington, New Jersey">Flemington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Gardner,_New_Jersey" title="Glen Gardner, New Jersey">Glen Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_New_Jersey" title="Hampton, New Jersey">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Bridge,_New_Jersey" title="High Bridge, New Jersey">High Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_New_Jersey" title="Lebanon, New Jersey">Lebanon Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lebanon Township, New Jersey">Lebanon Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raritan_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Raritan Township, New Jersey">Raritan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Readington_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Readington Township, New Jersey">Readington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tewksbury_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Tewksbury Township, New Jersey">Tewksbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Amwell_Township,_New_Jersey" title="West Amwell Township, New Jersey">West Amwell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mercer County, New Jersey">Mercer County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Windsor,_New_Jersey" title="East Windsor, New Jersey">East Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hightstown,_New_Jersey" title="Hightstown, New Jersey">Hightstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell,_New_Jersey" title="Hopewell, New Jersey">Hopewell Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Hopewell Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennington,_New_Jersey" title="Pennington, New Jersey">Pennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbinsville_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Robbinsville Township, New Jersey">Robbinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Windsor,_New_Jersey" title="West Windsor, New Jersey">West Windsor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey">Middlesex County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Amboys" title="The Amboys">The Amboys</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Amboy,_New_Jersey" title="Perth Amboy, New Jersey">Perth Amboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Amboy,_New_Jersey" title="South Amboy, New Jersey">South Amboy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Brunswicks" title="The Brunswicks">The Brunswicks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="East Brunswick, New Jersey">East Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="North Brunswick, New Jersey">North Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="South Brunswick, New Jersey">South Brunswick</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbury,_New_Jersey" title="Cranbury, New Jersey">Cranbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunellen,_New_Jersey" title="Dunellen, New Jersey">Dunellen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey" title="Edison, New Jersey">Edison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmetta,_New_Jersey" title="Helmetta, New Jersey">Helmetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Highland Park, New Jersey">Highland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamesburg,_New_Jersey" title="Jamesburg, New Jersey">Jamesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metuchen,_New_Jersey" title="Metuchen, New Jersey">Metuchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex, New Jersey">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milltown,_New_Jersey" title="Milltown, New Jersey">Milltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_Township,_Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Bridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Old Bridge Township, New Jersey">Old Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piscataway,_New_Jersey" title="Piscataway, New Jersey">Piscataway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainsboro_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Plainsboro Township, New Jersey">Plainsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayreville,_New_Jersey" title="Sayreville, New Jersey">Sayreville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="South Plainfield, New Jersey">South Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_River,_New_Jersey" title="South River, New Jersey">South River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotswood,_New_Jersey" title="Spotswood, New Jersey">Spotswood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodbridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Woodbridge Township, New Jersey">Woodbridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monmouth County, New Jersey">Monmouth County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Englishtown,_New_Jersey" title="Englishtown, New Jersey">Englishtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freehold_Borough,_New_Jersey" title="Freehold Borough, New Jersey">Freehold Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freehold_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Freehold Township, New Jersey">Freehold Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manalapan_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Manalapan Township, New Jersey">Manalapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlboro_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Marlboro Township, New Jersey">Marlboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millstone_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Millstone Township, New Jersey">Millstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roosevelt,_New_Jersey" title="Roosevelt, New Jersey">Roosevelt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_New_Jersey" title="Morris County, New Jersey">Morris County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Borough,_New_Jersey" title="Chester Borough, New Jersey">Chester Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Chester Township, New Jersey">Chester Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendham_Borough,_New_Jersey" title="Mendham Borough, New Jersey">Mendham Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendham_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Mendham Township, New Jersey">Mendham Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Olive_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Mount Olive Township, New Jersey">Mount Olive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Township,_Morris_County,_New_Jersey" title="Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey">Washington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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