Franklin

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Franklin

Total population

4,968

Median home value

$272,600

19.7%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$92,744

Franklin$93k

National$74k

Founded

1913

Elevation541 m

Land area4.57 km²

Weather73°F · Sunny

Coordinates41.11°, -74.59°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Franklin is a borough in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,912, a decrease of 133 (−2.6%) from the 2010 census count of 5,045, which in turn reflected a decline of 115 (−2.2%) from the 5,160 counted in the 2000 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Franklin, NJ from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

D. C. Fontana

American screenwriter (1939–2019)

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William Helms

American politician (1800–1813)

Jim Miller

mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, born 1983

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George C. Maxwell

American politician (1771-1816)

J

Joseph E. Edsall

American politician (1789-1865)

Robert Hamilton

American lawyer, bank president and Democratic Party politician (1809–1878)

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Stephen Decatur

American pioneer (1813–1888)

Louis Freeland Post

American writer (1849-1928)

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Dan Miller

mixed martial artist

William Poole

American boxer and a founder of the street gang the Bowery Boys (1821–1855)

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Charles Joseph Fletcher

American businessman

Cleve Backster

Introduced polygraph or "lie-detector" tests, worked in the CIA. Later performed experiments and theorized "plant perception". (1924-2013)

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Daniel Symmes

Ohio jurist and legislator

Gertrude Clarke

American educator

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Fred Mauer

American baseball player

J

John Nestor

American government official

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New Jersey

• Ogdensburg
  2.1 mi away
• Hamburg
  2.9 mi away
• Ross Corner
  6.6 mi away · pop. 24
• Sussex
  7 mi away
• Vernon Center
  7.1 mi away
• Lake Mohawk
  7.9 mi away
• Newfoundland
  9.1 mi away
• Hopatcong
  11.5 mi away
• Upper Greenwood Lake
  12.2 mi away
• Macopin
  12.3 mi away
• Crandon Lakes
  13.1 mi away
• Mount Arlington
  13.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Franklin

Flood insurance study

1981

William Franklin, New Jersey's last royal governor

Larry R. Gerlach · 1975

Nature's hidden rainbows

Robert W. Jones · 1970

The story of an immigrant group in Franklin, New Jersey

Makár, János. · 1969

The Proprietary House in Amboy

Willard Sterne Randall · 1975

The occurrence and properties of chlorophoenicite

William Frederick Foshag · 1927

Votes and proceedings of the General Assembly of the province of New-Jersey

New Jersey. Legislature. General Assembly. · 1738

Prentice Hall Literature

Kevin Feldman · 2007

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