Editing Kingwood Township, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Kingwood Township, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Kingwood Township include:
* [[George Opdyke]] (1805–1880), Mayor of New York City<ref>Mooney, James E. [http://www.virtualny.cuny.edu/EncyNYC/george_opdyke.html George Opdyke], ''[[Encyclopedia of New York City]]''. Accessed May 29, 2013. "(b Kingwood Township, near Frenchtown, N.J., 7 Dec 1805; d New York City, 12 June 1880)."</ref>
* [[Billy Pauch Jr.]] (born 1987), professional [[stock car racing]] driver<ref>Givler, Chuck.[https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/2013/01/billy_pauch_jr_vies_for_spot_i.html "Billy Pauch Jr. vies for spot in Chili Bowl Champion race"], ''[[The Express-Times]]'', January 12, 2013. Accessed September 4, 2024. "Billy Pauch Jr. of Kingwood Township is competing in his fifth Chili Bowl event."</ref>
* [[John Runk]] (1791–1872), represented {{ushr|New Jersey|3}} in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1845–1847<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000509 John Runk], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed September 2, 2007.</ref>
* [[Kurt Wiese]] (1887–1974), author and children's book illustrator, including ''[[The Five Chinese Brothers]]'' and the English translation of ''[[Bambi, A Life in the Woods]]'', the novel upon which the film ''[[Bambi]]'' was based<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2011/03/campaign_to_save_old_indian_mu.html "Kurt Wiese"], ''[[Hunterdon County Democrat]]'', March 9, 2011. Accessed September 12, 2013. "The murals were painted by two Kingwood men, Carl Ritz, assisted by his friend Kurt Wiese, an illustrator of international repute who lived in Kingwood from 1930 until his death in 1974."</ref>