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Franklin Park

Franklin Park is a New Jersey historical marker in Burlington County, dedicated 1965.

Eight feet back from edge of road on west side. · location approximate

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Site of famed deer park of William Fanklin, son of Benjamin Franklin. He was the last of New Jersey's Royal Governors.

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Historical maps covering this location

1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1942 · Burlington, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1947 · Beverly, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Burlington, Pennsylvania, 1942, covering the location of Franklin Park, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Burlington, Pennsylvania, 1942, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Franklin Park

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