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The history of Franklin Township and the Raritan Valley was largely influenced by the Dutch settlers who came around 1650. They settled in this area by trading and bargaining for land with the Raritan Indians.
No document exists to prove conclusively whether the Township was named for William Franklin, Governor of New Jersey from 1762 to 1776, or Benjamin Franklin.
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- 1854 - Franklin
Franklin, a township of Gloucester county. New Jersey, 15 miles S. S. E. from Woodbury. Population, 2984.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1895 - Franklin
Franklin, a township of Gloucester co, N.J. Pop. 2188. It contains Franklinville, Newfield, New Denmark, and Forest Grove.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott 
1915 - JERSEY HOTEL BURNED. PROPRIETOR AND WIFE HURT IN ESCAPING FROM FRANKLIN HOUSE.
Franklin, N. J., Jan. 16. - The Franklin House was destroyed by fire early today. The loss is estimated at $25,000. The fire is thought to have...Read MORE...- 1916
Franklin, a township of Gloucester co., N.J. Pop. in 1900, 2252.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher 
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Postcard- 1938 - FIVE ARE BURNED TO DEATH. FATHER AND 4 CHILDREN PERISH IN THEIR HOME.
Franklin, N. J. (AP) - A father and four children were burned to death in a fire that all but destroyed their two story frame house.
The bodies were ...Read MORE... 
Franklinville, NJ, 1970
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Franklin Township, New Jersey, USA
 (Malaga) - Zion Methodist Church, Malaga, NJ)
Zion Methodist Church, Malaga, NJ
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Franklin Township, New Jersey, USA
 (Malaga) - Franklinville, NJ, 1970)
Franklinville, NJ, 1970
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1854 - Franklin
Franklin, a township of Gloucester county. New Jersey, 15 miles S. S. E. from Woodbury. Population, 2984.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1895 - Franklin
Franklin, a township of Gloucester co, N.J. Pop. 2188. It contains Franklinville, Newfield, New Denmark, and Forest Grove.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
1915 - JERSEY HOTEL BURNED. PROPRIETOR AND WIFE HURT IN ESCAPING FROM FRANKLIN HOUSE.
Franklin, N. J., Jan. 16. - The Franklin House was destroyed by fire early today. The loss is estimated at $25,000. The fire is thought to have... Read MORE...
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1916
Franklin, a township of Gloucester co., N.J. Pop. in 1900, 2252.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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1938 - FIVE ARE BURNED TO DEATH. FATHER AND 4 CHILDREN PERISH IN THEIR HOME.
Franklin, N. J. (AP) - A father and four children were burned to death in a fire that all but destroyed their two story frame house.
The bodies were ... Read MORE...
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