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Raritan Township, New Jersey

1838 establishments in New JerseyPopulated places established in 1838Raritan Township, New JerseyTownship form of New Jersey governmentTownships in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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Raritan Township is a township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 23,447, an increase of 1,262 (+5.7%) from the 2010 census count of 22,185, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,376 (+12.0%) from the 19,809 counted in the 2000 census. The township is located within the heart of the Amwell Valley and Raritan Valley regions, as the South Branch of the Raritan River (along with the Neshanic River) flows through the center of the township. The northwestern portion of the township is located on the Hunterdon Plateau. Raritan was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 2, 1838, from portions of the now-defunct Amwell Township. Flemington was formed within the township on March 14, 1870, and became an independent borough on April 7, 1910. Portions of the township were ceded to East Amwell Township in 1854 and 1897.The township's name is derived from the Raritan tribe, a Native American band of Lenape people that inhabited Central New Jersey. The name of the tribe is said to mean "forked river", "stream overflows" or "point on a tidal river".

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WDVR

WDVR (89.7 FM) is a community radio station serving parts of western New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, including New Hope and Trenton. The station, which broadcasts a variety radio format, is licensed to Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Its transmitter tower is on Pittsfield Road near Frenchtown-Flemington Road in Frenchtown, New Jersey. WDVR is owned by Penn-Jersey Educational Radio Corporation. It has its offices and studios on Rosemont-Ringoes Road in Sergeantsville, New Jersey. WDVR is staffed by over fifty volunteers who have expertise in their genre of music or talk. Hosts are free to choose music and create their shows themselves within the boundaries of "family friendly" programming. WDVR is supported by donations from its audience and from local businesses which make underwriting contributions in exchange for being thanked on the air. In addition, WDVR simulcasts on 90.5 WPNJ in Easton, Pennsylvania, and on four FM translators: W245CC at 96.9 MHz in Trenton, New Jersey, W240CY at 95.9 MHz in Mount Bethel, New Jersey, W222BV at 92.3 MHz in Harmony Township, New Jersey and W249BQ at 106.7 in Easton, Pennsylvania. The station website says, "WDVR is the only station in the North East which airs a two-hour, live Traditional Country Music show twice a month before a live audience." The shows are broadcast from the Virginia Napurano Center which is in an old church in Sergeantsville. The station was founded by Frank and Virginia (Ginny Lee) Napurano. It signed on the air on February 19, 1990.

Franklin Township School District (Hunterdon County, New Jersey)

The Franklin Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Franklin Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 283 students and 29.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1.Franklin Township was one of two districts added to the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program in October 2011, opening up three seats in each grade, a total of 27 student seats, that parents from outside the district may apply to fill to fill starting in the 2012-13 school year.The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale together with students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,584 students and 123.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1. The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also includes students from Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township, who attend Voorhees High School in Lebanon Township.