Franklinville, New Jersey

{{Short description|Populated place in Gloucester County, New Jersey, US}}

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|name = Franklinville, New Jersey

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|image_skyline = 2021-05-06 09 15 48 View west along Gloucester County Route 538 (Coles Mill Road) at New Jersey State Route 47 (Delsea Drive) in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.jpg

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|image_caption = Intersection of Route 47 (Delsea Drive) and CR 538 in the center of Franklinville

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|pushpin_map_caption = Franklinville's location in Gloucester County (Inset: Gloucester County in New Jersey)

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|subdivision_type1 = State

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|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Gloucester

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Franklin

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|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = [https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US3425050 Census Data Explorer: Franklinville CDP, New Jersey], United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.

|population_total = 1927

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|elevation_m = 30

|elevation_ft = 98

|coordinates = {{coord|39|37|05|N|75|04|33|W|region:US-NJ_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP Code

|postal_code = 08322

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|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = {{FIPS|34|25050}}[https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey], Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.

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|blank1_info = 0876497{{cite gnis|0876497|Franklinville|October 6, 2012}}

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|area_total_km2 = 9.11

|area_total_sq_mi = 3.52

|area_land_km2 = 8.92

|area_water_km2 = 0.19

|area_land_sq_mi = 3.44

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.07

|population_density_sq_mi = 559.52

|population_density_km2 = 216.04

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Franklinville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_cdp_2020_nj.html State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020], United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 1, 2023. located within Franklin Township in Gloucester County, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08322.

As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08322 was 10,524.[https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/8600000US08322 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA5 08322] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213040450/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/8600000US08322 |date=2020-02-13 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 14, 2017.

The Franklinville area of Franklin Township serves as the town center that mixes historic buildings with modern conveniences and stores. A mix of merchants exist in the town center along with the Franklinville Volunteer Fire Company, Franklin Township Community Center and The Franklinville Inn,[http://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/about/historical/franklinhousehotel.asp Franklin House Hotel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115014657/http://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/about/historical/franklinhousehotel.asp |date=November 15, 2017 }}, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed November 14, 2017. Franklinville Lake and the historic Franklinville train station.Roncace, Kelly. [https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/towns/2011/11/franklinville_railroad_station.html "Franklinville Railroad Station holding open house, Sunday"], NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 22, 2011. Accessed February 27, 2023. "However, back in the late 1880s, the Franklinville Railroad Station — originally located on County Route 538 behind the Franklinville fire house — was a busy transportation hub for passenger trains.... Coulbourn said the Franklinville Railroad Station was donated to Franklin Township in 2007 in memory of her parents Robert and Dora Albertson, by herself and her brothers Robert Jr., Stanley, David and James. The building has been at its current location, on the shores of Franklinville Lake, since that time, when a major refurbishing project began." Franklinville was formerly named "Little Ease."[http://genealogytrails.com/njer/gloucester/franklin_history.html The History of Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey], Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed November 14, 2017. "Franklinville, located in the northwest part of the township, was one of the earliest settled localities in what is now Franklin. The land upon which the village is located was owned, at the beginning of the present century, by William Fisher, who located a tract of over one thousand acres, and for many years the hamlet was called Little Ease, and so designated in the early records of the township."

A five-way junction between New Jersey Route 47, County Route 538 and County Route 613 in the center of Franklinville provides access to Williamstown, Glassboro and Vineland.