Editing Stillwater Township, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Swartswood Lake Stillwater Township New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|Swartswood Lake is the third-largest freshwater lake in New Jersey]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 28.25 square miles (73.17&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 26.92 square miles (69.73&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 1.33 square miles (3.43&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (4.69%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

The township borders the municipalities of [[Fredon Township, New Jersey|Fredon Township]], [[Hampton Township, New Jersey|Hampton Township]] and [[Walpack Township, New Jersey|Walpack Township]] in Sussex County; and both [[Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey|Frelinghuysen Township]] and [[Hardwick Township, New Jersey|Hardwick Township]] in [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren County]].<ref>[https://www.sussex.nj.us/FCpdf/Sussex%20County%20Map%20-%207-1-03.pdf Sussex County Map], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 10, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

===Neighborhoods===

[[Crandon Lakes, New Jersey|Crandon Lakes]] (with a 2010 Census population of 496 in Stillwater Township, out of a CDP total of 1,178<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3415610 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Crandon Lakes CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212133236/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3415610 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 25, 2013.</ref>) is an [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) split between [[Hampton Township, New Jersey|Hampton Township]] and Stillwater Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34037 GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Sussex County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212202539/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34037 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 25, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www2.census.gov/acs2010_5yr/summaryfile/UserTools/Geography/NJ.xls 2006-2010 American Community Survey Geography for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 25, 2013.</ref><ref name=CPH232>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)], [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed February 25, 2013.</ref>

Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Catfish Pond, Duck Pond, Fairview Lake, Five Points, Lake Kathryn, [[Middleville, New Jersey|Middleville]], Mud Pond, Paulins Kill Lake, Quick Pond, Stillwater, [[Swartswood, New Jersey|Swartswood]], Swartswood Lake and Wintermutes Foundry.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

{{anchor|Stillwater}}
Stillwater is a small one-street village in the area that was first settled by Johan Peter Bernhardt and his two sons-in-law, John George Wintermute and [[Casper Shafer]]. At the western terminus of end of Main Street where it meets [[County Route 521 (New Jersey)|County Route 521]], the [[Stillwater Presbyterian Church (Stillwater, New Jersey)|First Presbyterian Church of Stillwater]] is the dominant feature. As Main Street travels east, the Garris's General Store (1876), "Whitehall" (built in 1785 by Abraham Shafer), Casper Shafer's stonehouse ({{circa|1741}}), crossing the Paulins Kill near [[Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex|Shafer's grist mill]] (1764, 1844) and miller's house. An 1820 hostelry, the Stillwater Inn, recently was destroyed by fire. One half-mile (800&nbsp;m) south of the Presbyterian church, is John George Wintermute's stonehouse (1755), his son Peter's stonehouse (1791). Located adjacent is [[Stillwater Cemetery (Stillwater, New Jersey)|Stillwater Cemetery]]—the site of the original Lutheran-Calvinist union church (1771–1838), the graves of the towns earliest settlers, and many eighteenth century ethnic German gravestones.

===Geology===
Flanked to the west by [[Kittatinny Mountain]], the Stillwater Township is located within the [[Ridge and Valley Appalachians|Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province]], and the entire township is within the [[Kittatinny Valley]] a region of rolling hills and flat valley floors that is a section of the larger [[Great Appalachian Valley]] running {{convert|700|mi}} from eastern Canada to northern Alabama. Elevations in this valley range from {{convert|400|to(-)|1000|ft}}.<ref>U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service. Soil Survey of Sussex County, New Jersey (Washington, DC: 2009), 3.</ref> According to Snell, "The surface of the country is generally uneven and hilly, and on the west exceedingly rugged and mountainous. Ponds and watercourses abound. Of the latter, the most important is the Paulinskill, a millstream of considerable consequence."<ref>Snell, 379.</ref> All of Stillwater Township is located in the [[Paulins Kill]] [[Drainage basin|watershed]] which flows southwest through Sussex and Warren counties before joining the [[Delaware River]] near [[Columbia, New Jersey]]. The valley floor is part of the [[Ordovician]] [[Martinsburg Formation]] (shale and slate) which make up most of the valley—and the [[Jacksonburg Formation]] (mostly limestone).

===Climate===
{{climate chart
|Stillwater Township, New Jersey
|17|36|3.20
|19|40|2.86
|27|48|3.65
|37|61|4.00
|47|71|4.13
|56|79|4.76
|61|84|4.44
|59|83|4.30
|51|75|4.49
|39|64|4.05
|31|53|3.68
|23|41|3.42
|float=right
|units=imperial
|clear=both
|source=The Weather Channel<ref name="weather">[http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/07875 Monthly Averages for Stillwater, New Jersey], [[The Weather Channel]]. Accessed January 21, 2013.</ref>}}
Stillwater Township is located in Northwestern New Jersey which has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[microthermal]])—a cooler climate due to its higher elevations.