MAYOR: Linda Jacukowicz
DEPUTY MAYOR: Robert McGeary
CLERK: Ursula V. Stryker
ustryker@njtown.net

TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE:
Steven M. Tarshis
Scott Bauman
Robert Shockley
Meeting:
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month
at 7:30 pm

BOARD OF HEALTH:
Linda Jocukowicz, Chairman
Ursula V. Stryker, Secretary
Meeting:
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month
at 8:00 pm

PLANNING BOARD:
James D. Stryker, Chairman
Jean Beischer, Secretary
Meeting:
2nd & 3rd Wednesday of each month
at 7:45 pm

The Township of Franklin
202 Sidney Road
Pittstown, NJ 08867
Phone: 908-735-5215 * Fax: 908-735-7598
MUNICIPAL OFFICE OPEN:
Monday through Friday - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
www.franklin-twp.org

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. The most reliable records available about the early days of the Township are found in the minutes of the Friends' Meeting in Quakertown, which was organized in 1733 and remains the last active Quaker establishment in Hunterdon County.

Franklin was set off from Kingwood Township on April 7, 1845 and in turn lost part of its land in 1865, along with Clinton and Union townships, to form the Town of Clinton. Its borders have remained static since, embracing 23.3 square miles in the heart of Hunterdon. Villages and hamlets in Franklin are Cherryville (Dogtown until 1856), Quakertown (sometimes called Fairview between 1834 and 1856) and Pittstown (Hoffs until the late 1700s), which also is partly in Alexandria and Union Townships. In earlier years, Landsdown, Sidney, Kingtown (King's Mills) and Oak Grove also were busy settlements.

The township has some of the most productive soils in the state and a bounty of streams. The northern Uplands, in the Raritan River watershed, give rise to the Capoolong Creek. The southern Plateau, in the Delaware River watershed, has the Croton Swamp and headwaters of both the Lockatong and Wickecheoke Creeks. From its beginning, Franklin was a center of agriculture and still maintains much of its rural character, boasting a wealth of scenic vistas.