In earlier years, Landsdown, Sidney, Kingtown (King's Mills) and Oak Grove also were busy settlements.Ĭommerce in Franklin was more active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries than today. Villages and hamlets in Franklin are Cherryville (Dogtown until 1856), Quakertown (sometimes called Fairview between 18) and Pittstown (Hoffs until the late 1700s), which also is partly in Alexandria and Union Townships. Rhomboid-shaped, its longest diagonal is about nine miles its shortest about six. Its borders have remained static since, embracing 23.3 square miles in the heart of Hunterdon County. Franklin was set off from Kingwood Township on Apand in turn lost part of its land in 1865, along with Clinton and Union townships, to form the Town of Clinton. The land that became Franklin Township was the home of Delaware Indians for some 5,000 years before Quaker settlers from Burlington arrived soon after 1700.
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