Place:Kingwood (township), Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States

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Name
Kingwood (township)
Alternate names
Kingwood Township
Kingwood     (WeRelate abbreviation)
Type
Township
Located in
Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
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Kingwood Township is a Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 3,782.

Kingwood Township is one of the westernmost townships of Hunterdon County. Kingwood was originally established around 1749 when it was created from Bethlehem Township, though the exact details are uncertain. Kingwood was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial 104 townships by Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken to form Franklin Township on April 7, 1845. Frenchtown borough acquired portions of the township in 1876.

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Kingwood Township is famous for the local captain who rounded up the boats for George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.

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