Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Franklin Township is a township in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 16,380,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> a decrease of 440 (−2.6%) from the 2010 census count of 16,820,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 1,354 (+8.8%) from the 15,466 counted in the 2000 census.<ref>Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref>

Franklin Township was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 27, 1820, from portions of Greenwich Township and Woolwich Township. Parts of the township have been taken to form Clayton Township (February 5, 1858) and Newfield (March 8, 1924).<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 138. Accessed October 25, 2012.</ref> The township was named for Benjamin Franklin.<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 31, 2015.</ref><ref>History Template:Webarchive The Franklinville Inn. Accessed August 31, 2015. "In 1820 the Township of Franklin was formed. The first town meeting was held in that hotel which was then known as Cake's Tavern.... The village of Little Ease evolved into the Town of Franklinville. The origin of this name is uncertain; however, many believe Benjamin Franklin's influence in the area, as a result of his trips to Cape May, may have been instrumental in naming the town."</ref>

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 56.39 square miles (146.04 km²), including 55.83 square miles (144.60 km²) of land and 0.56 square miles (1.44 km²) of water (0.99%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Blue Bell, Downstown, Forest Grove. Franklinville, Fries Mills, Iona, Janvier, Lake, Malaga, Marsh Lake, Piney Hollow, Plainville, Star Cross, and Porchtown.<ref>Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed April 28, 2015.</ref>

The township borders the municipalities of Clayton, Elk Township, Monroe Township, and Newfield in Gloucester County; Buena and Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County; Vineland in Cumberland County; and Pittsgrove Township and Upper Pittsgrove Township in Salem County.<ref>Municipalities within Gloucester County, NJ, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Accessed November 7, 2019.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 7, 2019.</ref>

Demographics

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2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 16,820 people, 5,849 households, and 4,562 families in the township. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 6,104 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup was 88.44% (14,876) White, 7.18% (1,208) Black or African American, 0.20% (34) Native American, 1.27% (213) Asian, 0.03% (5) Pacific Islander, 1.03% (174) from other races, and 1.84% (310) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.49% (755) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 5,849 households, 33.6% had children under the age of 18; 61.5% were married couples living together; 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 22.0% were non-families. Of all households, 16.9% were made up of individuals and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.23.<ref name=Census2010/>

24.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 31.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 100.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 97.5 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that, in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars, median household income was $74,327 with a margin of error of +/− $6,247, and median family income was $80,667 (+/− $7,344). Males had a median income of $51,425 (+/− $3,105) versus $42,297 (+/− $2,605) for females. The per capita income for Franklin Township was $32,141 (+/− $3,019). About 4.7% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.9% of those under age 18 and 15.2% of those age 65 or over.<ref>DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Franklin township, Gloucester County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>

2000 census

As of the 2000 U.S. census<ref name="GR2" /> there were 15,466 people, 5,225 households, and 4,190 families residing in the township. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 5,461 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the township was 90.22% White, 6.66% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.25% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.51% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Franklin township, Gloucester County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Franklin township, Gloucester County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>

There were 5,225 households, out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.29.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

In the township, the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.7 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The median income for a household in the township was $55,169, and the median income for a family was $60,518. Males had a median income of $41,159 versus $27,538 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,277. About 3.5% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

Government

Local government

Franklin Township is governed under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state.<ref>Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.<ref name=DataBook>2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 24.</ref><ref>"Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey", p. 7. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>Cerra, Michael F. "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask", New Jersey State League of Municipalities, March 2007. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.<ref name=Township/>

Template:As of, the Franklin Township Committee is comprised of Mayor John "Jake" Bruno (R, term on committee ends December 31, 2027; term as mayor ends 2025), Deputy Mayor Tim Doyle (R, term on committee ends 2026; term as deputy mayor ends 2025), Mark Fiorella (R, 2026), Jonathan Keen (R, 2025) and Mike Marsh (R, 2025).<ref name=Township>Township Committee, Franklin Township. Accessed January 23, 2025. "There are five elected members, serving staggered terms to ensure that the Committee always has experienced members. The Mayor is not elected by voters; he or she is chosen by the other Township Committee members at the annual Reorganization Meeting held immediately after the New Year."</ref><ref>2024 Municipal Data Sheet, Franklin Township. Accessed January 23, 2025.</ref><ref name=GloucesterDirectory>Gloucester County 2024 Official Directory, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2024>General Election November 5, 2024 Unofficial Results, Gloucester County, New Jersey, updated November 18, 2024. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2023>General Election November 7, 2023 Unofficial Results, Gloucester County, New Jersey, November 20, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2022>General Election November 8, 2022 Summary Report Unofficial Results, Gloucester County, New Jersey Clerk, November 12, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref>

In January 2020, Timothy Doyle was chosen from three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that had been held by Leah Vasallo until she resigned from office the previous month.<ref>Resignation Letters, OPRAmachine, December 20, 2019. accessed April 1, 2020.</ref>

Republican Heather Flaim was appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2018 that became vacant following the death of Ed Leopardi in September 2016; a judge ruled in May 2017 that Flaim could take the seat in a ruling in a case in which the local Democratic municipal committee claimed that it had submitted a list of three candidates to succeed Leopardi, which the township claims it never received.<ref>Gray, Matt. "Judge rules resident can fill vacant township committee seat", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 31, 2017. Accessed September 19, 2018. "The township committee appointed Heather Flaim to fill the seat in October, but Leopardi's wife, Rene' Pistilli-Leopardi, and the Democratic Executive Committee of Franklin Township sued to block the move, saying the committee had not selected one of three replacements the township Democratic party had submitted. Township officials responded that they had not received the list."</ref> Flaim won a full three-year term in the November 2017 general election, while Democrat Charles F. Pluta was elected to serve the balance of Leopardi's term of office.<ref name=Gloucester2017>General Election November 7, 2017 Summary Report Unofficial Results, Gloucester County, New Jersey Clerk, November 14, 2017. Accessed January 1, 2018.</ref>

Federal, state and county representation

Franklin Township is located in the 2nd Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 4th state legislative district.<ref>Districts by Number for 2023-2031, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 18, 2023.</ref>

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Politics

Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow |} As of March 2011, there were a total of 10,760 registered voters in Franklin, of which 2,885 (26.8%) were registered as Democrats, 2,422 (22.5%) were registered as Republicans and 5,444 (50.6%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 9 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.<ref>Voter Registration Summary - Gloucester, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>

In the 2020 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump received 61.0% of the vote (5,947 cast), ahead of Democrat Joe Biden with 37.4% (3,644 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (149 votes) among the 9,740 ballots cast by the township's 12,573 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.4%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2016 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump received 58.8% of the vote (4,631 cast), ahead of Democrat Hillary Clinton with 37.4% (2,646 votes), and other candidates with 3.8% (591 votes) among the 7,868 ballots cast by the township's 11,750 registered voters, for a turnout of 67.0%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 50.9% of the vote (3,782 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 47.8% (3,553 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (101 votes), among the 7,492 ballots cast by the township's 11,180 registered voters (56 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 67.0%.<ref name=2012Elections>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 51.3% of the vote (4,065 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 46.0% (3,646 votes) and other candidates with 1.7% (131 votes), among the 7,923 ballots cast by the township's 11,085 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.5%.<ref>2008 Presidential General Election Results: Gloucester County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref> In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 49.5% of the vote (3,503 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 48.7% (3,443 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (92 votes), among the 7,073 ballots cast by the township's 9,870 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 71.7.<ref>2004 Presidential Election: Gloucester County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 62.2% of the vote (1,138 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 37.0% (677 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (14 votes), among the 1,915 ballots cast by the township's 3,654 registered voters (86 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 52.4%.<ref name=2013Elections>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 49.2% of the vote (2,445 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 40.2% (1,998 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 8.4% (417 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (35 votes), among the 4,969 ballots cast by the township's 11,042 registered voters, yielding a 45.0% turnout.<ref>2009 Governor: Gloucester County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>

Public safety

Franklin Township is served by the Franklin Township Police Department, along with five volunteer fire companies and the County-run Emergency Medical Services. Serving are Forest Grove Volunteer Fire Company (founded 1949), Franklinville Volunteer Fire Company, Janvier Volunteer Fire Company (founded 1946), Malaga Volunteer Fire Company, Star Cross Volunteer Fire Company.<ref name=Contacts>Fire Departments, Franklin Township. Accessed November 7, 2019.</ref> Since 2017, Gloucester County EMS provides emergency medical services for the whole township, after the governing body questioned the ability of the Township of Franklin Ambulance Corps to respond to calls with volunteers.<ref>Gray, Matt. "Franklin Twp. votes to join Gloucester County EMS", NJ.com, February 10, 2017. Accessed May 25, 2017. "The township has agreed to join Gloucester County EMS. The township committee voted Thursday night to approve the move, making it the 18th municipality to join the county force. The county has provided EMS service to the township under a shared services agreement since September as a result of concerns about the local volunteer service's ability to respond to calls."</ref>

Education

Franklin Township Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.<ref>Township of Franklin Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed March 11, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre Kindergarten through six in the Township of Franklin School District. Composition: The Township of Franklin School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Franklin Township."</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,338 students and 116.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.<ref name=NCES>District information for Township Of Franklin School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for the Franklin Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>) are Mary F. Janvier Elementary School<ref>Mary F. Janvier Elementary School, Township of Franklin Public Schools. Accessed March 11, 2024.</ref> with 555 students in grades K-2, Main Road School<ref>Main Road School, Township of Franklin Public Schools. Accessed March 11, 2024.</ref> with 392 students in grades 3-4 and Caroline L. Reutter School<ref>Caroline L. Reutter School, Township of Franklin Public Schools. Accessed March 11, 2024.</ref> with 379 students in grades 5-6.<ref>Schools, Township of Franklin Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.</ref><ref>2023-24 Gloucester County Office of Education Public School Directory, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref>New Jersey School Directory for the Franklin Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref>School Performance Reports for the Township of Franklin School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 11, 2024.</ref> Students from Newfield attend the Franklin Township district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship in which Newfield accounts for about 100 of the nearly 1,400 students in the district.<ref>Township of Franklin Public School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 12, 2020. "The Township of Franklin Public School District, covering 56 square miles, is located in the southeast corner of Gloucester County. Our schools have an enrollment of approximately 1425 and service grades K-6 and a Pre-School Disabilities program. The enrollment includes nearly 100 students from the Newfield School District."</ref>

For seventh through twelfth grades, students attend the Delsea Regional School District, which serves students from both Elk Township and Franklin Township.<ref>Delsea Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades 7 through 12 in the Delsea Regional High School District. Composition: The Delsea Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Elk Township and Franklin Township."</ref><ref>Community, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024. "Sending Districts: Aura Elementary School, Franklin Township Schools"</ref> Students from Newfield attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship begun in September 2010 after Newfield ended its prior relationship with the Buena Regional School District.<ref>Romalino, Carly Q. "Newfield's 'no' could hurt other districts", Courier-Post, November 4, 2015. Accessed March 10, 2024. "In 2012, Newfield ended its send-receive agreement with Buena schools in Atlantic County, instead sending its 400 elementary and 120 high school students to districts in neighboring Franklin Township. The send-receive agreement with Franklin Township Public Schools and Delsea Regional School District — which also educated Elk Township high schoolers — was touted as cheaper tuition than Buena."</ref> Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for the Delsea Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>) are Delsea Regional Middle School<ref>Delsea Regional Middle School, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024.</ref> with 518 students in grades 7-8 and Delsea Regional High School<ref>Delsea High Middle School, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024.</ref> with 1,074 students in grades 9-12.<ref>2023-24 Gloucester County Office of Education Public School Directory, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref>School Performance Reports for the Delsea Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 10, 2024.</ref><ref>New Jersey School Directory for the Delsea Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> The seats on the high school district's nine-member board of education are allocated to the constituent municipalities based on population, with seven seats assigned to Franklin Township.<ref>Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Delsea Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed April 1, 2020. "The nine-member Board of Education is an elected body consisting of seven representatives from Franklin Township and two from Elk Township.... The Delsea Regional High School District is a Type II district located in the County of Gloucester, State of New Jersey. As a Type II District, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms."</ref>

The New Jersey Department of Education considered a vote by the Franklin Township Board of Education in June 2010 requesting that the district withdraw from the Delsea Regional School District, which would require that the Delsea region be dissolved as about 80% of the regional district's students come from Franklin. With the withdrawal of Franklin Township, two options being considered were to either have Franklin and Elk Townships create a new regional district with Newfield students attending on a send-receive basis, or having Franklin Township establish its own Pre-K–12 district which would receive students from both Elk Township and Newfield.<ref>Bumpus, Robert L. "Report of the Interim Executive County Superintendent of Schools on the Withdrawal of Franklin Township School District from Delsea Regional School District, a Limited Purpose Regional School District"Template:Dead link, New Jersey Department of Education, March 30, 2012. Accessed September 8, 2013.</ref><ref>Cooney, Joe. "Vote could end Delsea district; Franklin board seeks K-12 system", Asbury Park Press, July 13, 2012. Accessed December 24, 2014. "Franklin — The township's school board is seeking approval for a referendum that could lead to dissolution of the Delsea Regional School District. Franklin and Elk currently make up the regional district for students in grades 7 to 12. If a vote takes place, residents in those communities would decide on whether to create a new district for both municipalities' students in prekindergarten through 12th grade.... Newfield, which previously sent its kids to Buena Regional schools, now sends its students to Franklin and Delsea."</ref>

Students from across the county are eligible to apply to attend Gloucester County Institute of Technology, a four-year high school in Deptford Township that provides technical and vocational education. As a public school, students do not pay tuition to attend the school.<ref>Admissions Template:Webarchive, Gloucester County Institute of Technology. Accessed November 7, 2019. "There is no charge to attend. GCIT is a public school.... GCIT is the vocational-technical school for Gloucester County residents. You must live in Gloucester County to apply and attend."</ref>

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden operates St. Michael the Archangel Regional School in Clayton; Nativity Church in Franklinville is one of the sending parishes.<ref>Schools, South Jersey Catholic Schools. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref><ref>Sending Parishes, St. Michael teh Archangel Regional School. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref><ref>Giordano, Rita. "After much work, newly merged school opens in Clayton", The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 6, 2008. Accessed February 22, 2023. "St. Michael's is about people pulling together and getting it done - the families of the two former schools and others from their other sending parishes, Our Lady of Lourdes in Glassboro, Our Lady Queen of Peace in Pitman, and Nativity in Franklinville."</ref> Our Lady of Mercy Academy is a college preparatory, all-girls Catholic high school founded in 1962 by the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy.<ref>School History, Our Lady of Mercy Academy. Accessed February 22, 2023. "Founded and operated by the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy, Our Lady of Mercy Academy (OLMA) opened in September 1962 to 52 young women, embodying the first freshman and sophomore classes. "</ref>

Transportation

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Route 55 northbound in Franklin Township

Roads and highways

Template:As of, the township had a total of Template:Convert of roadways, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the municipality, Template:Convert by Gloucester County and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.<ref>Gloucester County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

U.S. Route 40<ref>U.S. Route 40 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated June 2017. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref> passes through the southern area while both Route 47<ref>Route 47 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated April 2014. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref> and the Route 55<ref>Route 55 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated March 2017. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref> pass through the western part of the township.<ref>Gloucester County Highway Map, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref>

The county roads that pass through Franklin Township include CR 538,<ref>County Route 538 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated June 2012. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref> CR 555,<ref>County Route 555 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated June 2012. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref> and CR 557.<ref>County Route 557 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated June 2012. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref>

Public transportation

NJ Transit provides bus service in the township on service between Cape May and Philadelphia on the 313 and between Millville and Philadelphia on the 408 route.<ref>Gloucester County Bus / Rail Connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 26, 2010. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref><ref>Gloucester County's Transit Guide, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed November 7, 2019.</ref>

Notable people

Template:Category see also People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Franklin Township include:

Domenick DiCicco (1963–2024), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2010 to 2012, where he represented the 4th Legislative District<ref>Megerian, Chris. "Republican Domenick DiCicco took Assembly seat in heavy Democratic district with imaginative advertising", NJ.com, January 15, 2010. Accessed April 28, 2015. "That Republican is Domenick DiCicco, a 46-year-old lawyer and first-time candidate from Gloucester County's Franklin Township."</ref>
H. Jay Dinshah (1933–2000), founder and president of the American Vegan Society and editor of its publication, Ahimsa magazine<ref>Hagenmayer, S. Joseph. "Jay Dinshah, 66, American Vegan Society Leader", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 15, 2000, copied at International Vegetarian Union. Accessed May 25, 2017. "H. Jay Dinshah, 66, who as the leader of the American Vegan Society was an advocate for life without violence toward animals or humans, died on June 8, apparently from a heart attack while working in his office in Malaga, New Jersey.... A lifelong Malaga resident, Mr. Dinshah founded the American Vegan Society in 1960 and was its president for 40 years."</ref>
Ed Keegan (1939–2014), MLB pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Athletics<ref>Carchidi, Sam. "Ed Keegan, former Phillie and Haddonfield High star, dies at 75", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 22, 2014. Accessed August 9, 2018. "Mr. Keegan spent most of his adult life living in Malaga, N.J., and helped coach in local Little Leagues."</ref>
Eliot Marshall (born 1980), retired mixed martial artist<ref>Coen, Jon. "Franklinville native Eliot 'The Fire' Marshall looks to ignite UFC career on Saturday", The Press of Atlantic City, September 17, 2009. Accessed May 25, 2017. "Marshall, a Franklinville native who now lives in Boulder, Colo., will fight Jason Brilz on the Ultimate Fighting Championship 103 undercard in Dallas."</ref>

Wineries

Coda Rossa Winery located in the Franklinville section of the township.

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