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==History== [[File:Kingwood, NJ.jpg|thumb|left|Community of Kingwood located near the center of the township]] Kingwood Township is one of the westernmost townships of Hunterdon County. Kingwood was originally established around 1746 when it was created from [[Bethlehem Township, New Jersey|Bethlehem Township]], though the exact details are uncertain.<ref name=KingwoodHistory/> Kingwood was incorporated by Act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships. Portions of the township were taken to form [[Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Franklin Township]] on April 7, 1845. [[Frenchtown, New Jersey|Frenchtown borough]] acquired portions of the township in 1876.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 156. Accessed May 29, 2024.</ref> Kingwood Township was the home of [[Daniel Bray]], the local captain who rounded up the boats for [[George Washington]]'s crossing of the [[Delaware River]] during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref name=KingwoodHistory>Farnham, Barbara Alexander. [http://www.kingwoodtownship.com/kthistory-BarbaraFarnham Kingwood History - Excerpt from ''Kingwood Township of Yesteryear''], Kingwood Township. Accessed November 19, 2019.</ref> The portion of [[New Jersey Route 29|Route 29]] that runs through the township along its western edge is named for him.<ref name=NJ29SLD/> In late 1981, Dick Siano became the first [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] candidate to win a partisan election outside of [[Alaska]] by winning a committee seat in the township. In the November election, he and the Democratic tied in the [[general election]] placing the incumbent Republican mayor in third place. Siano won the runoff election held on December 22.<ref name=LbtNewsletter1981>{{cite web |publisher=[[New Jersey Libertarian Party]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820023143/http://njlp.org/index.php/newsletters/137-december-1981-nj-libertarian/file |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |url=http://njlp.org/index.php/newsletters/137-december-1981-nj-libertarian/file |type=PDF |date=December 1981 |title=Siano Ties! |access-date=October 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name=LbtWin>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19811231&id=XhBZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lm0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2213,5685494&hl=en "Libertarian victory"], ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'', December 31, 1981. Accessed November 19, 2019.</ref>
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