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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement 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 maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .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"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Franklin_Twp_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/b/b8/Franklin_Twp_Seal.png/100px-Franklin_Twp_Seal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/Franklin_Twp_Seal.png 1.5x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Franklin_twp_019_nj.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Franklin Township in Hunterdon County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Hunterdon County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left)."><img alt="Location of Franklin Township in Hunterdon County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Hunterdon County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Franklin_twp_019_nj.png/194px-Franklin_twp_019_nj.png" decoding="async" width="194" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Franklin_twp_019_nj.png/291px-Franklin_twp_019_nj.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Franklin_twp_019_nj.png/388px-Franklin_twp_019_nj.png 2x" data-file-width="568" data-file-height="585" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Franklin Township in <a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon County</a> highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Hunterdon 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"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Census Bureau map of Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey"><img alt="Census Bureau map of Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.png/250px-Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.png/375px-Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.png/500px-Census_Bureau_map_of_Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.png 2x" data-file-width="575" data-file-height="425" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Census Bureau map of Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><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"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_map_of_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Franklin Township is located in Hunterdon County, New Jersey"><img alt="Franklin Township is located in Hunterdon County, New Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Location_map_of_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg/250px-Location_map_of_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Location_map_of_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg/375px-Location_map_of_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Location_map_of_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg/500px-Location_map_of_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="768" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.906%;left:59.3%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Franklin Township"><img alt="Franklin Township" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Franklin Township</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in <a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon County</a></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Hunterdon County, New Jersey</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:188px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:188px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:188px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Franklin Township is located in New Jersey"><img alt="Franklin Township is located in New Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg/188px-USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="188" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg/282px-USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg/376px-USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="839" data-file-height="1560" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:34.366%;left:41.37%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Franklin Township"><img alt="Franklin Township" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Franklin Township</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of New Jersey</span></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"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><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, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/500px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.606%;left:84.298%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Franklin Township"><img alt="Franklin Township" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Franklin Township</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in the United States</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><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><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&params=40.569033_N_74.931227_W_region:US-NJ_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°34′09″N</span> <span class="longitude">74°55′52″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.569033°N 74.931227°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.569033; -74.931227</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GR1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><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" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><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"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/35px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/45px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="24" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">April 7, 1845</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"><sup id="cite_ref-DataBook_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DataBook-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Township_(New_Jersey)" title="Township (New Jersey)">Township</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Township Committee</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Philip Koury (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Republican_Party" title="New Jersey Republican Party">R</a>, term ends December 31, 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-Committee_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Committee-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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">Christine Burke<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">23.18 sq mi (60.02 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">23.04 sq mi (59.66 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.14 sq mi (0.36 km<sup>2</sup>)  0.60%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">120th of 565 in state<br />11th of 26 in county<sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">600 ft (200 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,267</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-PopEst_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEst-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,286</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">436th of 565 in state<br />16th of 26 in county<sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020Density_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020Density-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">141.8/sq mi (54.7/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">524th of 565 in state<br />22nd of 26 in county<sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020Density_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020Density-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></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 Code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">08867 – <a href="/wiki/Pittstown,_New_Jersey" title="Pittstown, New Jersey">Pittstown, New Jersey</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_908" title="Area code 908">908</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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">3401924870<sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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">0882184<sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GR3_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.franklin-twp.org">www<wbr />.franklin-twp<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Franklin Township</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Township_(New_Jersey)" title="Township (New Jersey)">township</a> in central <a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon 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>. 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 3,267,<sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an increase of 72 (+2.3%) from the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 census</a> count of 3,195,<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWD2010_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2010-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which in turn reflected an increase of 205 (+6.9%) from the 2,990 counted in the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the township lies on the <a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_Plateau" title="Hunterdon Plateau">Hunterdon Plateau</a> with only the eastern section along the <a href="/wiki/South_Branch_Raritan_River" title="South Branch Raritan River">South Branch Raritan River</a> being on the lower part of the <a href="/wiki/Newark_Basin" title="Newark Basin">Newark Basin</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Long populated by the <a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape</a> (Delaware) <a href="/wiki/Native_American_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American in the United States">Native Americans</a>, the first European settlement of present-day Franklin was around 1700, when it became a <a href="/wiki/Quakers" title="Quakers">Quaker</a> community of settlers who came from <a href="/wiki/Burlington_County,_New_Jersey" title="Burlington County, New Jersey">Burlington County</a>. The most reliable records that are available about the early days of the Township are found in the minutes of the Friends' Meeting in Quakertown.<sup id="cite_ref-HunterdonPage_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HunterdonPage-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-History_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Franklin Township was established by an act of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature" title="New Jersey Legislature">New Jersey Legislature</a> on April 7, 1845, when it was created from portions of <a href="/wiki/Kingwood_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Kingwood Township, New Jersey">Kingwood Township</a>, based on the results of a referendum held that day. Portions of the township were taken to form <a href="/wiki/Clinton,_New_Jersey" title="Clinton, New Jersey">Clinton town</a> on April 5, 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-Story_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Story-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The township was named for <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The rich soil made the township a center of agriculture for hundreds of years. While Franklin Township had long hosted a major dairy farming industry, in modern times, the primary crops have been corn, hay and soybeans.<sup id="cite_ref-History_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 23.18 square miles (60.02 km<sup>2</sup>), including 23.04 square miles (59.66 km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km<sup>2</sup>) of water (0.60%).<sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GR1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_New_Jersey#Unincorporated_communities" title="Local government in New Jersey">Unincorporated communities</a>, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include <a href="/wiki/Allens_Corner,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Allens Corner, New Jersey">Allens Corner</a>, Alvater Corner,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Cherryville,_New_Jersey" title="Cherryville, New Jersey">Cherryville</a> (previously known as Dogtown), <a href="/wiki/Grandin,_New_Jersey" title="Grandin, New Jersey">Grandin</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Kingtown, <a href="/wiki/Lansdowne,_New_Jersey" title="Lansdowne, New Jersey">Lansdowne</a>, Littletown, Oak Grove, <a href="/wiki/Pittstown,_New_Jersey" title="Pittstown, New Jersey">Pittstown</a>, Quakertown (previously known as Fairview), Sidney and Sunnyside.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pittstown, previously known as Hoffs, is also spread across <a href="/wiki/Alexandria_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Alexandria Township, New Jersey">Alexandria Township</a> and <a href="/wiki/Union_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Union Township</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-History_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Capoolong Creek, which runs through Pittstown, was an attraction to early settlers and they soon established three of the oldest churches in present-day Hunterdon: Thomas Episcopal, established in 1723, Bethlehem Presbyterian, organized in 1730 and the Quaker Church in 1733. </p><p>The township borders the Hunterdon County municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Alexandria_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Alexandria Township, New Jersey">Alexandria Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clinton,_New_Jersey" title="Clinton, New Jersey">Clinton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clinton_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Clinton Township, New Jersey">Clinton Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Township,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware Township, New Jersey">Delaware Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingwood_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Kingwood Township, New Jersey">Kingwood Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raritan_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Raritan Township, New Jersey">Raritan Township</a> and <a href="/wiki/Union_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Union Township</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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 caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 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><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>1,454</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>1,552</td><td></td><td>6.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>1,342</td><td>*</td><td>−13.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>1,338</td><td></td><td>−0.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>1,287</td><td></td><td>−3.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>1,258</td><td></td><td>−2.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>1,099</td><td></td><td>−12.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>980</td><td></td><td>−10.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>1,100</td><td></td><td>12.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>1,211</td><td></td><td>10.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>1,255</td><td></td><td>3.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>1,777</td><td></td><td>41.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>2,154</td><td></td><td>21.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>2,294</td><td></td><td>6.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>2,851</td><td></td><td>24.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>2,990</td><td></td><td>4.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>3,195</td><td></td><td>6.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>3,267</td><td></td><td>2.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">3,286</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-PopEst_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEst-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">Population sources:<small> 1850–1920<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1850–1870<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1850<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1870<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1880–1890<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1890–1910<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1910–1930<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1940–2000<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />2000<sup id="cite_ref-Census2000_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2000SF1_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWD2010_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2010-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />* = Lost territory in previous decade.<sup id="cite_ref-Story_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Story-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 United States census</a> counted 3,195 people, 1,137 households, and 908 families in the township. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 140.1 per square mile (54.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 1,204 housing units at an average density of 52.8 per square mile (20.4/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup was 96.84% (3,094) <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. census)">White</a>, 0.69% (22) <a href="/wiki/Black_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black (U.S. census)">Black or African American</a>, 0.16% (5) <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. census)">Native American</a>, 1.25% (40) <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. census)">Asian</a>, 0.09% (3) <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.44% (14) 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 0.53% (17) 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 3.44% (110) of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 1,137 households, 34.6% had children under the age of 18; 71.0% were married couples living together; 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present and 20.1% were non-families. Of all households, 15.1% were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.13.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>24.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 19.4% from 25 to 44, 34.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 98.1 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 98.9 males.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 $104,500 (with a margin of error of +/− $19,534) and the median family income was $118,182 (+/− $16,643). Males had a median income of $72,303 (+/− $13,313) versus $52,202 (+/− $5,525) for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the borough was $46,892 (+/− $5,196). About 1.7% of families and 1.1% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 1.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 United States census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 2,990 people, 1,091 households, and 890 families residing in the township. The population density was 130.7 inhabitants per square mile (50.5/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 1,125 housing units at an average density of 49.2 per square mile (19.0/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the township was 97.53% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 0.40% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.23% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.77% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.33% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 0.74% 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 2.24% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2000_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2000SF1_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were 1,091 households, out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.8% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.4% were non-families. 14.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.04.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2000_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2000SF1_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the township the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.1 males.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2000_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2000SF1_38-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The median income for a household in the township was $91,364, and the median income for a family was $96,320. Males had a median income of $66,667 versus $44,779 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the township was $39,668. About 1.5% of families and 1.6% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2000_37-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2000SF1_38-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_NJ_municipal_building,_July_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_NJ_municipal_building%2C_July_2023.jpg/220px-Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_NJ_municipal_building%2C_July_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_NJ_municipal_building%2C_July_2023.jpg/330px-Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_NJ_municipal_building%2C_July_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_NJ_municipal_building%2C_July_2023.jpg/440px-Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_NJ_municipal_building%2C_July_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2241" data-file-height="1955" /></a><figcaption>Franklin Township Municipal Building</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Franklin Township is governed under the <a href="/wiki/Township_(New_Jersey)" title="Township (New Jersey)">Township</a> form of government, which is used by 141 of the state's 564 municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.<sup id="cite_ref-DataBook_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DataBook-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, members of the Franklin Township Committee are Mayor Philip J. Koury (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>, term on committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2023), Deputy Mayor Michael Homulak (R, term on committee ends 2024; term as deputy mayor ends 2023), Sebastian Donaruma (R, 2025), Craig A. Repmann (R, 2024) and Deanna Seiple (R, 2025).<sup id="cite_ref-Committee_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Committee-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HunterdonPage_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HunterdonPage-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HunterdonDirectory_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HunterdonDirectory-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hunterdon2022_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hunterdon2022-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hunterdon2021_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hunterdon2021-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hunterdon2020_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hunterdon2020-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2019, the Township Committee selected Sebastian Donaruma from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2019 that was vacated in December 2018 by Susan Soloway before she was sworn into the Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal,_state_and_county_representation"><span id="Federal.2C_state_and_county_representation"></span>Federal, state and county representation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Federal, state and county representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Franklin Township is located in the 7th Congressional District<sup id="cite_ref-PCR2012_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCR2012-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is part of New Jersey's 23rd state legislative district.<sup id="cite_ref-Districts2011_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Districts2011-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWV2019_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWV2019-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the 2010 Census, Franklin Township had been part of the <span data-sort-value="New Jersey12 !"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 12th congressional district">12th Congressional District</a></span>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-LWV2011_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWV2011-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th United States Congress</a>, <span data-sort-value="New Jersey07 !"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 7th congressional district">New Jersey's 7th congressional district</a></span> is represented by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kean_Jr." title="Thomas Kean Jr.">Thomas Kean Jr.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfield,_New_Jersey" title="Westfield, New Jersey">Westfield</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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)<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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).<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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_23rd_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 23rd legislative district">23rd 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/Doug_Steinhardt" title="Doug Steinhardt">Doug Steinhardt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lopatcong_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lopatcong Township, New Jersey">Lopatcong Township</a>) and in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">General Assembly</a> by <a href="/wiki/John_DiMaio" title="John DiMaio">John DiMaio</a> (R, <a href="/wiki/Hackettstown,_New_Jersey" title="Hackettstown, New Jersey">Hackettstown</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Erik_Peterson_(politician)" title="Erik Peterson (politician)">Erik Peterson</a> (R, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Franklin Township</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon County</a> is governed by a <a href="/wiki/Board_of_County_Commissioners_(New_Jersey)" title="Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)">Board of Chosen Commissioners</a> composed of five members who are elected <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> on a partisan basis to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization meeting held each January, the commissioners select one member to serve as the board's Director and another to serve as Deputy Director, each for a one-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TemplateOfficials_Hunterdon_County_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TemplateOfficials_Hunterdon_County-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Hunterdon County's Commissioners are: </p><p>Zachary T. Rich (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>; <a href="/wiki/West_Amwell_Township,_New_Jersey" title="West Amwell Township, New Jersey">West Amwell Township</a>, 2025),<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Director Jeff Kuhl (R; <a href="/wiki/Raritan_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Raritan Township, New Jersey">Raritan Township</a>, 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John E. Lanza (R; Raritan Township, 2025),<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deputy Director Susan Soloway (R; <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Franklin Township</a>, 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Shaun C. Van Doren (R; <a href="/wiki/Tewksbury_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Tewksbury Township, New Jersey">Tewksbury Township</a>, 2026).<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Constitutional officers elected on a countywide basis are: Clerk Mary H. Melfi (R; <a href="/wiki/Flemington,_New_Jersey" title="Flemington, New Jersey">Flemington</a>, 2026),<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheriff Fredrick W. Brown (R; <a href="/wiki/Alexandria_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Alexandria Township, New Jersey">Alexandria Township</a>, 2025)<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Surrogate Heidi Rohrbach (R; <a href="/wiki/Lebanon_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lebanon Township, New Jersey">Lebanon Township</a>, 2028).<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of March 2011, there were a total of 2,253 registered voters in Franklin Township, of which 382 (17.0%) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a>, 1,021 (45.3%) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> and 850 (37.7%) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Unaffiliated_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unaffiliated (New Jersey)">Unaffiliated</a>. There were no voters registered to other parties.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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>, Republican <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> received 65.8% of the vote (1,166 cast), ahead of Democrat <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> with 33.2% (588 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (18 votes), among the 1,781 ballots cast by the township's 2,362 registered voters (9 ballots were <a href="/wiki/Spoilt_vote" title="Spoilt vote">spoiled</a>), for a turnout of 75.4%.<sup id="cite_ref-2012Elections_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012Elections-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2012VoterReg_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012VoterReg-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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>, Republican <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> received 61.0% of the vote (1,118 cast), ahead of Democrat <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> with 36.6% (670 votes) and other candidates with 1.7% (31 votes), among the 1,833 ballots cast by the township's 2,228 registered voters, for a turnout of 82.3%.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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>, Republican <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> received 63.3% of the vote (1,130 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> with 35.3% (630 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (24 votes), among the 1,784 ballots cast by the township's 2,133 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 83.6.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 77.8% of the vote (861 cast), ahead of Democrat <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Buono" title="Barbara Buono">Barbara Buono</a> with 20.3% (225 votes), and other candidates with 1.9% (21 votes), among the 1,132 ballots cast by the township's 2,279 registered voters (25 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 49.7%.<sup id="cite_ref-2013Elections_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013Elections-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2013VoterReg_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013VoterReg-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009">2009 gubernatorial election</a>, Republican Chris Christie received 69.5% of the vote (977 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jon_Corzine" title="Jon Corzine">Jon Corzine</a> with 21.6% (303 votes), Independent <a href="/wiki/Chris_Daggett" title="Chris Daggett">Chris Daggett</a> with 8.0% (112 votes) and other candidates with 0.3% (4 votes), among the 1,406 ballots cast by the township's 2,215 registered voters, yielding a 63.5% turnout.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township_School_District_(Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey)" title="Franklin Township School District (Hunterdon County, New Jersey)">Franklin Township School District</a> serves public school students in <a href="/wiki/Pre-kindergarten" title="Pre-kindergarten">pre-kindergarten</a> through <a href="/wiki/Eighth_grade" title="Eighth grade">eighth grade</a> at Franklin Township School.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 283 students and 29.0 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 9.8:1.<sup id="cite_ref-NCES_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCES-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Public school students in <a href="/wiki/Ninth_grade" title="Ninth grade">ninth</a> through <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_grade" title="Twelfth grade">twelfth grades</a> attend <a href="/wiki/North_Hunterdon_High_School" title="North Hunterdon High School">North Hunterdon High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Annandale,_New_Jersey" title="Annandale, New Jersey">Annandale</a> together with students from <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bethlehem Township, New Jersey">Bethlehem Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clinton,_New_Jersey" title="Clinton, New Jersey">Clinton Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clinton_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Clinton Township, New Jersey">Clinton Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_New_Jersey" title="Lebanon, New Jersey">Lebanon Borough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Union_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Union Township</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,584 students and 123.2 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 12.9:1.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school is part of the <a href="/wiki/North_Hunterdon-Voorhees_Regional_High_School_District" title="North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District">North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District</a>, which also includes students from <a href="/wiki/Califon,_New_Jersey" title="Califon, New Jersey">Califon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glen_Gardner,_New_Jersey" title="Glen Gardner, New Jersey">Glen Gardner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampton,_New_Jersey" title="Hampton, New Jersey">Hampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/High_Bridge,_New_Jersey" title="High Bridge, New Jersey">High Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lebanon Township, New Jersey">Lebanon Township</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tewksbury_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Tewksbury Township, New Jersey">Tewksbury Township</a>, who attend <a href="/wiki/Voorhees_High_School" title="Voorhees High School">Voorhees High School</a> in Lebanon Township.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2018-06-14_14_42_06_View_east_along_Interstate_78_and_U.S._Route_22_(Phillipsburg-Newark_Expressway)_just_east_of_Exit_15_in_Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/2018-06-14_14_42_06_View_east_along_Interstate_78_and_U.S._Route_22_%28Phillipsburg-Newark_Expressway%29_just_east_of_Exit_15_in_Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/2018-06-14_14_42_06_View_east_along_Interstate_78_and_U.S._Route_22_%28Phillipsburg-Newark_Expressway%29_just_east_of_Exit_15_in_Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/2018-06-14_14_42_06_View_east_along_Interstate_78_and_U.S._Route_22_%28Phillipsburg-Newark_Expressway%29_just_east_of_Exit_15_in_Franklin_Township%2C_Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Interstate_78_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 78 in New Jersey">Interstate 78</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_22_in_New_Jersey" title="U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey">U.S. Route 22</a> eastbound in Franklin Township</figcaption></figure> <p>As of May 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the township had a total of 53.09 miles (85.44 km) of roadways, of which 32.91 miles (52.96 km) were maintained by the municipality, 19.55 miles (31.46 km) by Hunterdon County and 0.63 miles (1.01 km) by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Transportation" title="New Jersey Department of Transportation">New Jersey Department of Transportation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are several major roads in Franklin Township.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most significant is <a href="/wiki/Interstate_78_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 78 in New Jersey">Interstate 78</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_22_in_New_Jersey" title="U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey">U.S. Route 22</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which traverses through for a fifth of a mile with an interchange (Exit 15) at the northern tip of the township (which is the eastern overlapping end of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_173" title="New Jersey Route 173">Route 173</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_12" title="New Jersey Route 12">Route 12</a> also passes through for just less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km).<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>County roads that pass through include <a href="/wiki/County_Route_513_(New_Jersey)" title="County Route 513 (New Jersey)">CR 513</a><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/County_Route_579_(New_Jersey)" title="County Route 579 (New Jersey)">CR 579</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern Railway</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Line_(Norfolk_Southern)" title="Lehigh Line (Norfolk Southern)">Lehigh Line</a> (formerly the mainline of the <a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Railroad" title="Lehigh Valley Railroad">Lehigh Valley Railroad</a>), runs through the northern part of Franklin Township.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lansdown_(Pittstown,_New_Jersey)" title="Lansdown (Pittstown, New Jersey)">Lansdown</a>, a historic house in <a href="/wiki/Lansdowne,_New_Jersey" title="Lansdowne, New Jersey">Lansdowne</a>, was owned by Commissary-General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Stewart_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="Charles Stewart (New Jersey politician)">Charles Stewart</a> during the American Revolution. It was listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-nrhpdoc_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrhpdoc-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quaker_Meeting_House_(Quakertown,_New_Jersey)" title="Quaker Meeting House (Quakertown, New Jersey)">Quaker Meeting House</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Quaker_meeting_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Quaker meeting house">Quaker meeting house</a> in <a href="/wiki/Quakertown,_New_Jersey" title="Quakertown, New Jersey">Quakertown</a>, was listed on the NRHP in 1990<sup id="cite_ref-nrhpdoc2_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrhpdoc2-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 225px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 220px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LANSDOWN,_PITTSTOWN,_HUNTERDON_COUNTY.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Lansdown"><img alt="Lansdown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/LANSDOWN%2C_PITTSTOWN%2C_HUNTERDON_COUNTY.JPG/220px-LANSDOWN%2C_PITTSTOWN%2C_HUNTERDON_COUNTY.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/LANSDOWN%2C_PITTSTOWN%2C_HUNTERDON_COUNTY.JPG/330px-LANSDOWN%2C_PITTSTOWN%2C_HUNTERDON_COUNTY.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/LANSDOWN%2C_PITTSTOWN%2C_HUNTERDON_COUNTY.JPG/440px-LANSDOWN%2C_PITTSTOWN%2C_HUNTERDON_COUNTY.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2784" data-file-height="1848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lansdown_(Pittstown,_New_Jersey)" title="Lansdown (Pittstown, New Jersey)">Lansdown</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 225px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 220px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quaker_Meeting_House,_Quakertown,_NJ.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Quaker Meeting House"><img alt="Quaker Meeting House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Quaker_Meeting_House%2C_Quakertown%2C_NJ.jpg/220px-Quaker_Meeting_House%2C_Quakertown%2C_NJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Quaker_Meeting_House%2C_Quakertown%2C_NJ.jpg/330px-Quaker_Meeting_House%2C_Quakertown%2C_NJ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Quaker_Meeting_House%2C_Quakertown%2C_NJ.jpg/440px-Quaker_Meeting_House%2C_Quakertown%2C_NJ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2369" data-file-height="1579" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Quaker_Meeting_House_(Quakertown,_New_Jersey)" title="Quaker Meeting House (Quakertown, New Jersey)">Quaker Meeting House</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Category:People from Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Category:People from Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey</a></div> <p>People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Franklin Township include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Bauman" title="Christian Bauman">Christian Bauman</a> (born 1970), novelist, essayist, and lyricist<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Deats" title="Hiram Deats">Hiram Deats</a> (1810–1887), businessman, agricultural manufacturing<sup id="cite_ref-History_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kappler" title="Chris Kappler">Chris Kappler</a> (born 1967), Olympic gold and silver medalist in equestrian events<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Myers" title="John J. Myers">John J. Myers</a> (born 1941), prelate of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> and former Archbishop emeritus of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Newark" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark">Newark, New Jersey</a><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erik_Peterson_(politician)" title="Erik Peterson (politician)">Erik Peterson</a> (born 1966), politician who serves in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">New Jersey General Assembly</a> representing the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_23rd_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 23rd legislative district">23rd Legislative District</a><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiko_Takaezu" title="Toshiko Takaezu">Toshiko Takaezu</a> (1922–2011), ceramic artist and painter<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><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 December 1, 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PopEst-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PopEst_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PopEst_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/mcds/totals/SUB-MCD-EST2023-POP-34.xlsx">Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, released May 2024. 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Accessed September 8, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCity=Pittstown">Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Pittstown, NJ</a>, Area-Codes.com. Accessed September 8, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GR2-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov">U.S. Census website</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>. Accessed September 4, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34">Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey</a>, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GR3-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GR3_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://geonames.usgs.gov">US Board on Geographic Names</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">United States Geological Survey</a>. Accessed September 4, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Census2010-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Census2010_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Census2010_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Census2010_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Census2010_17-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Census2010_17-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401924870">DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Franklin township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20200212102117/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401924870">Archived</a> 2020-02-12 at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>. 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Accessed November 14, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls">Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Labor_and_Workforce_Development" title="New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development">New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development</a>, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HunterdonPage-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HunterdonPage_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HunterdonPage_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/909/Franklin-Township">Township of Franklin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon County, New Jersey</a>. Accessed May 3, 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-History-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-History_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-History_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-History_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-History_21-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://franklin-twp.org/about/">A Brief History</a>, Franklin Township. Accessed July 18, 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Story-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Story_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Story_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Snyder, John P. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf"><i>The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968</i></a>, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 155. Accessed October 25, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hutchinson, Viola L. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=14"><i>The Origin of New Jersey Place Names</i></a>, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 31, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt">Locality Search</a>, State of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>. Accessed May 21, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.franklin-twp.org/location.html">Location</a>, Franklin Township. Accessed November 18, 2019.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/600500/touches.html">Areas touching Franklin Township</a>, MapIt. 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"In the past, parents and students of the North Hunterdon High School sending districts were able to select either North Hunterdon High School or Voorhees High School as their school of choice.... As our student population continued to grow and our two high schools reached, and exceeded, 90% capacity, the option of choosing Voorhees was eliminated in the 2005-2006 school year for the North Hunterdon sending districts (Bethlehem Township, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township – Clinton Town students still have choice as they are classmates at Clinton Public School with Glen Gardner students, who attend Voorhees)."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nhvweb.net/index.php/boe-district-services/about/">About the District</a> North Hunterdoon-Voorhees Regional High School District. 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The Lehigh Line enters the County at the Borough of Bloomsbury and passes through the Townships of Bethlehem, Union, Franklin, Clinton, and Raritan before exiting the County at the southern tip of Readington Township."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nrhpdoc-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nrhpdoc_98-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrasch1977" class="citation web cs1">Brasch, C.F. 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(April 1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90001242_text">"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Quakertown Historic District (Quaker Meeting)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=National+Register+of+Historic+Places+Inventory%2FNomination%3A+Quakertown+Historic+District+%28Quaker+Meeting%29&rft.pub=National+Park+Service&rft.date=1986-04&rft.aulast=Brecknell&rft.aufirst=Ursula+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnpgallery.nps.gov%2FNRHP%2FGetAsset%2FNRHP%2F90001242_text&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFranklin+Township%2C+Hunterdon+County%2C+New+Jersey" class="Z3988"></span> With <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90001242_photos">accompanying 46 photos</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Bauman" title="Christian Bauman">Bauman, Christian</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.identitytheory.com/father-christian-bauman/">"Our Father"</a>, Identity Theory, February 18, 2009. Accessed October 17, 2018. "It was about this time that we moved—my mother, my step-father, and me—from Doylestown, Pennsylvania to Quakertown, New Jersey. In New Jersey I entered the fourth grade at the Franklin Township School."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Editorial. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2012/07/editorial_hunterdon_can_be_pro.html">"Editorial: Hunterdon can be proud of residents who have competed in the Olympics, Culley is next"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County_Democrat" title="Hunterdon County Democrat">Hunterdon County Democrat</a></i>, July 26, 2012. Accessed May 29, 2013. "Two equestrians have ridden for the U.S. show jumping team. In 2000, Nona Garson, then of Tewksbury Township, went to Australia and in 2004, Chris Kappler of Franklin Township won the team gold and individual silver in Athens."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mueller, Mark. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/07/retirement_looms_for_newark_archbishop_john_j_myer.html">"Newark Archbishop John J. Myers poised to retire"</a>, NJ Advance Media for <a href="/wiki/NJ.com" title="NJ.com">NJ.com</a>, July 24, 2016. Accessed October 17, 2018. "Once Myers' retirement is approved, Goodness said, he is expected to move to the Hunterdon County home that has served as his weekend residence since 2002. The five-bedroom house, on 8.2 acres in Franklin Township, became a source of controversy for Myers in February 2014 when <i>The Star-Ledger</i> reported the archdiocese was spending more than $500,000 to build a three-story, 3,000-square-foot wing on the structure, complete with a small indoor exercise pool, three fireplaces and an elevator."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/hunterdon-county/express-times/index.ssf/2009/12/erik_peterson_sworn_in_early_t.html">"Erik Peterson sworn in early to two-year term in New Jersey Assembly"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Express-Times" title="The Express-Times">The Express-Times</a></i>, December 7, 2009. Accessed October 17, 2018. "Peterson, of Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, has been active in local politics for nearly two decades and began his career as an elected official in 2006 as a county freeholder."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kahn, Eve M. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/11/arts/design/the-ceramist-toshiko-takaezus-studio-in-quakertown-nj.html">"Ceramist’s Students Keep Studio and Spirit Alive"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, May 10, 2012. Accessed October 17, 2018. 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County, New Jersey"><span class="region">Hunterdon County, New Jersey</span></a>, <span class="country-name">United States</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Flemington,_New_Jersey" title="Flemington, New Jersey"><span>Flemington</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City_(New_Jersey)" title="City (New Jersey)">City</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/Lambertville,_New_Jersey" title="Lambertville, New Jersey">Lambertville</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of New Jersey highlighting Hunterdon County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Hunterdon_County.svg/80px-Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Hunterdon_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Hunterdon_County.svg/120px-Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Hunterdon_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Hunterdon_County.svg/160px-Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Hunterdon_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="1080" /></span><figcaption>Map of New Jersey highlighting Hunterdon County</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">Boroughs</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/Bloomsbury,_New_Jersey" title="Bloomsbury, New Jersey">Bloomsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Califon,_New_Jersey" title="Califon, New Jersey">Califon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemington,_New_Jersey" title="Flemington, New Jersey">Flemington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frenchtown,_New_Jersey" title="Frenchtown, New Jersey">Frenchtown</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</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_New_Jersey" title="Milford, New Jersey">Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockton,_New_Jersey" title="Stockton, New Jersey">Stockton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Town_(New_Jersey)" title="Town (New Jersey)">Town</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/Clinton,_New_Jersey" title="Clinton, New Jersey">Clinton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Township_(New_Jersey)" title="Township (New Jersey)">Townships</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/Alexandria_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Alexandria Township, New Jersey">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bethlehem Township, New Jersey">Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Clinton Township, New Jersey">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Amwell_Township,_New_Jersey" title="East Amwell Township, New Jersey">East Amwell</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holland_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Holland Township, New Jersey">Holland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingwood_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Kingwood Township, New Jersey">Kingwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lebanon Township, New Jersey">Lebanon</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%;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/Annandale,_New_Jersey" title="Annandale, New Jersey">Annandale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshanic_Station,_New_Jersey" title="Neshanic Station, New Jersey">Neshanic Station</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldwick,_New_Jersey" title="Oldwick, New Jersey">Oldwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottersville,_New_Jersey" title="Pottersville, New Jersey">Pottersville</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ringoes,_New_Jersey" title="Ringoes, New Jersey">Ringoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Bridges,_New_Jersey" title="Three Bridges, New Jersey">Three Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehouse_Station,_New_Jersey" title="Whitehouse Station, New Jersey">White House Station</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<br />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/Allerton,_New_Jersey" title="Allerton, New Jersey">Allerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amsterdam,_New_Jersey" title="Amsterdam, New Jersey">Amsterdam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony,_New_Jersey" title="Anthony, New Jersey">Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptistown,_New_Jersey" title="Baptistown, New Jersey">Baptistown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbertown,_New_Jersey" title="Barbertown, New Jersey">Barbertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barley_Sheaf,_New_Jersey" title="Barley Sheaf, New Jersey">Barley Sheaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowne,_New_Jersey" title="Bowne, New Jersey">Bowne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunnvale,_New_Jersey" title="Bunnvale, New Jersey">Bunnvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byram,_New_Jersey" title="Byram, New Jersey">Byram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centerville,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Centerville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Centerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_New_Jersey" title="Charlestown, New Jersey">Charlestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherryville,_New_Jersey" title="Cherryville, New Jersey">Cherryville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloverhill,_New_Jersey" title="Cloverhill, New Jersey">Cloverhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cokesbury,_New_Jersey" title="Cokesbury, New Jersey">Cokesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Copper Hill, New Jersey">Copper Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darts_Mills,_New_Jersey" title="Darts Mills, New Jersey">Darts Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreahook,_New_Jersey" title="Dreahook, New Jersey">Dreahook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everittstown,_New_Jersey" title="Everittstown, New Jersey">Everittstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairmount,_New_Jersey" title="Fairmount, New Jersey">Fairmount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandin,_New_Jersey" title="Grandin, New Jersey">Grandin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamden,_New_Jersey" title="Hamden, New Jersey">Hamden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headquarters,_New_Jersey" title="Headquarters, New Jersey">Headquarters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoffmans,_New_Jersey" title="Hoffmans, New Jersey">Hoffmans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughesville,_New_Jersey" title="Hughesville, New Jersey">Hughesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jutland,_New_Jersey" title="Jutland, New Jersey">Jutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lansdowne,_New_Jersey" title="Lansdowne, New Jersey">Lansdowne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larisons_Corners,_New_Jersey" title="Larisons Corners, New Jersey">Larisons Corners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linvale,_New_Jersey" title="Linvale, New Jersey">Linvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_York,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Little York, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Little York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Valley,_New_Jersey" title="Lower Valley, New Jersey">Lower Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanicsville,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mechanicsville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Mechanicsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Airy,_New_Jersey" title="Mount Airy, New Jersey">Mount Airy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mount Pleasant, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Mount Pleasant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountainville,_New_Jersey" title="Mountainville, New Jersey">Mountainville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampton,_New_Jersey" title="New Hampton, New Jersey">New Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton,_New_Jersey" title="Norton, New Jersey">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattenburg,_New_Jersey" title="Pattenburg, New Jersey">Pattenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penwell,_New_Jersey" title="Penwell, New Jersey">Penwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perryville,_New_Jersey" title="Perryville, New Jersey">Perryville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittstown,_New_Jersey" title="Pittstown, New Jersey">Pittstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Run,_New_Jersey" title="Pleasant Run, New Jersey">Pleasant Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potterstown,_New_Jersey" title="Potterstown, New Jersey">Potterstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prallsville,_New_Jersey" title="Prallsville, New Jersey">Prallsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quakertown,_New_Jersey" title="Quakertown, New Jersey">Quakertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Rock,_New_Jersey" title="Raven Rock, New Jersey">Raven Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Readingsburg,_New_Jersey" title="Readingsburg, New Jersey">Readingsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Readington_Village,_New_Jersey" title="Readington Village, New Jersey">Readington Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reaville,_New_Jersey" title="Reaville, New Jersey">Reaville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockefellows_Mills,_New_Jersey" title="Rockefellows Mills, New Jersey">Rockefellows Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemont,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Rosemont, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Rosemont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowland%27s_Mills,_New_Jersey" title="Rowland's Mills, New Jersey">Rowland's Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="Sand Brook, New Jersey">Sand Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Ridge,_New_Jersey" title="Sandy Ridge, New Jersey">Sandy Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeantsville,_New_Jersey" title="Sergeantsville, New Jersey">Sergeantsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snydertown,_New_Jersey" title="Snydertown, New Jersey">Snydertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spruce_Run,_New_Jersey" title="Spruce Run, New Jersey">Spruce Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton,_New_Jersey" title="Stanton, New Jersey">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tumble_Falls,_New_Jersey" title="Tumble Falls, New Jersey">Tumble Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanlieu_Corners,_New_Jersey" title="Vanlieu Corners, New Jersey">Vanlieu Corners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Syckel,_New_Jersey" title="Van Syckel, New Jersey">Van Syckel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wertsville,_New_Jersey" title="Wertsville, New Jersey">Wertsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Portal,_New_Jersey" title="West Portal, New Jersey">West Portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehouse,_New_Jersey" title="Whitehouse, New Jersey">Whitehouse</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)"><span>New Jersey portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></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_River_watershed" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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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 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset 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/Bedminster,_New_Jersey" title="Bedminster, New Jersey">Bedminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernards_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bernards Township, New Jersey">Bernards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernardsville,_New_Jersey" title="Bernardsville, New Jersey">Bernardsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="Bound Brook, New Jersey">Bound Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branchburg,_New_Jersey" title="Branchburg, New Jersey">Branchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgewater Township, New Jersey">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_Hills,_New_Jersey" title="Far Hills, New Jersey">Far Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey">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/Manville,_New_Jersey" title="Manville, New Jersey">Manville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="Millstone, New Jersey">Millstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Montgomery Township, New Jersey">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="North Plainfield, New Jersey">North Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peapack-Gladstone,_New_Jersey" title="Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey">Peapack-Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raritan,_New_Jersey" title="Raritan, New Jersey">Raritan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Rocky Hill, New Jersey">Rocky Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_New_Jersey" title="Somerville, New Jersey">Somerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="South Bound Brook, New Jersey">South Bound Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Warren Township, New Jersey">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watchung,_New_Jersey" title="Watchung, New Jersey">Watchung</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union County, New Jersey">Union 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/Berkeley_Heights,_New_Jersey" title="Berkeley Heights, New Jersey">Berkeley Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanwood,_New_Jersey" title="Fanwood, New Jersey">Fanwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountainside,_New_Jersey" title="Mountainside, New Jersey">Mountainside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="Plainfield, New Jersey">Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotch_Plains,_New_Jersey" title="Scotch Plains, New Jersey">Scotch Plains</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></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_Raritan_River" title="List of crossings of the Raritan River">Crossings</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 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