Franklin Township, Hunterdon CountyFranklin Township is a picturesque, rural oasis with rich soils and sparkling streams in the heart of Hunterdon County. Settled in the early 1700s by Quakers, it was touched by the Revolutionary War. Although the township was never occupied by British troops, New Jersey deputy quartermaster general Moore Furman's gristmill supplied flour for George Washington's troops. Its beginnings as a farming and milling community remain at the heart of Franklin. Agriculture continues to hold cultural, historic, and scenic importance, and Hiram Deats, who manufactured a cast-iron plow patented by his father, John, in 1828, is still honored. Charming villages and hamlets boast 99 historic stone structures and 183 frame homes built before 1900. This idyllic area stands as proof that nature and bucolic farmland still hold sway in one of the nation's most densely populated states. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 6 |
Faces of Franklin | 25 |
Farming the Fields | 49 |
Getting around Town | 75 |
Community Spirit | 101 |
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Franklin Township, Hunterdon County Dan Campanelli,Marty Campanelli,Lora Jones No preview available - 2010 |
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Alice August W Bauer Bodine and family Braidwood built Charles Mathews chickens Compton Conover County Historical Society Courtesy Aller family Courtesy Charles Courtesy Franklin Archives Courtesy Fred Courtesy Hunterdon County Courtesy James Courtesy Janice Courtesy Kenneth Courtesy Mary Bodine Courtesy Virginia Courtesy Volk family Croton Road Dalrymple daughter Deats Eichlin Elizabeth Elizabeth Hanna farm in Cherryville farmers Flemington Forest Stewardship Council Franklin residents Franklin Township School gristmill Haver Hunterdon County Historical James and Mary John Judith Winfield Kenneth and Margaret Knispel left to right Lenape Locust Grove Road Margaret Shepperd married Mary Passerello Miller Oak Grove one-room schoolhouse Passerello and Judith Photograph by Walter Piell Pittstown Polascek poses Potts Quakertown United Methodist Raritan River Rural Awareness Russell Little second row Snyder stone Suydam Trimmer unidentified United Methodist Church Vail Vail's village Virginia and Brevoort Volk family collection Walter Chandoha Whitebridge Road Willis Willis W World War II