Franklin New Jersey Map

About Franklin, New Jersey

Franklin is a locality in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,912. The population density is 435.4 people per km². Franklin is located at 41.1090°N, 74.5886°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Franklin is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 07834, 07416.

Franklin emerges from a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of inland geology, where the ground rises in subtle, uneven swells toward the distant silhouette of First Watchung Mountain. Green Brook carves a narrow, persistent path through the local terrain, its waters moving with a steady, unhurried purpose that mirrors the persistent character of the land itself. Within the immediate footprint of the earth, Crane Park provides a patch of managed green space where the afternoon light catches on the leaves, softening the edges of the horizon. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial stillness, untroubled by the salt of any distant coast, favoring instead the scent of damp soil and the dry, shifting winds that sweep across the inland plains.

Franklin carries the weight of a long industrial heritage, its identity forged in the extraction of mineral wealth that once drew laborers to its depths. While the economy has transitioned away from the heavy labor of the past, the rhythm of daily life retains a grounded, pragmatic quality that marks the transition from one era to the next. Residents find a sense of continuity in the modest scale of the neighborhood, where the legacy of the mines is held in the quiet memory of the older architecture and the sturdy, unpretentious homes. This is a place that prefers the quiet utility of its local surroundings to the noise of the wider world, maintaining a steady, internal pace as it looks toward the Preakness Valley.

About This Franklin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Franklin, New Jersey. Coordinates: 41.108997, -74.588641. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Franklin includes the ZIP code (07834, 07416), telephone area code (732, 848, 973, 862), county seat of Essex County (Newark), and school district assignment (Franklin Borough School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.