Frenchtown, New Jersey
Frenchtown, New Jersey | |
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Harrison Street in Frenchtown | |
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Location of Frenchtown in Hunterdon County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Hunterdon County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Frenchtown, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates: 40°31′50″N 75°03′10″W / 40.530537°N 75.052846°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Hunterdon |
| Incorporated | April 4, 1867 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Brad Myhre (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Municipal clerk | Brenda S. Shepherd |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.23 sq mi (3.18 km2) |
| • Land | 1.13 sq mi (2.92 km2) |
| • Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2) 8.05% |
| • Rank | 481st of 565 in state 20th of 26 in county |
| Elevation | 220 ft (67 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,370 |
• Estimate (2023) | 1,472 |
| • Rank | 519th of 565 in state 22nd of 26 in county |
| • Density | 1,214.2/sq mi (468.8/km2) |
| • Rank | 359th of 565 in state 6th of 26 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08825 |
| Area code | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3401925350 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885227 |
| Website | www |
Frenchtown is a borough in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Frenchtown is located along the banks of the Delaware River on the Hunterdon Plateau, 32 miles (51 km) northwest of the state capital of Trenton. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,370, a decrease of three people (−0.2%) from the 2010 census count of 1,373, which in turn reflected a decline of 115 (−7.7%) from the 1,488 counted in the 2000 census.