They have that number memorized, he said. said the staff are used to getting calls for other Washington townships, particularly the one in Morris County. In Warren County’s Washington Township, longtime municipal administrator Peter H. (Fyi: the yellow marker in the lower righthand corner is Trump National Golf Course, owned by President Trump.) On the right is Washington Township in Morris County. When things get confusing On the left are Washington Township and Washington Boro in Warren County. Historian Klett said the Founding Fathers were so revered and beloved in early America that it was natural for many towns to look to them when they needed a new name. * Washington Township, Mercer County, changed its name to Robbinsville in 2007, reflecting one of the area’s historic settlements. That makes George Washington the clear winner in the number of New Jersey place names six different communities serve as namesakes for the first American president.ģ) Washington Township, Burlington CountyĤ) Washington Township, Gloucester County The latter is not named after Ben Franklin, but his estranged and illegitimate son, the British loyalist William Franklin, who served as New Jersey’s final Colonial governor before the Revolution. There are four Franklin townships - one each in Hunterdon, Gloucester, Warren and Somerset counties - and a borough of Franklin Lakes in Bergen County. It seems clear that America’s Founding Fathers were popular inspirations when naming New Jersey locales. Names in New Jersey come from a wide variety of sources, he said, but the most common were names European Colonists picked up from the Indians - Weehawken, Manasquan and Tuckahoe transplanted Old World names, primarily from England and places named for heroes of the American Revolution. There aren’t any state rules on local place names, said Joseph Klett, the executive director for the New Jersey State Archives. The Strathmere section of Upper Township, a sleepy seaside town between Sea Isle City and Ocean City, is a long drive up the Garden State Parkway from the Strathmore section of Aberdeen Township in Monmouth County. There are two Monroe townships, one in Gloucester County, the other in Middlesex.

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