Millstone Township, New Jersey
Millstone Township is a township in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is located within the Raritan Valley region and is a part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 10,376, a decrease of 190 (−1.8%) from the 2010 census count of 10,566, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,596 (+17.8%) from the 8,970 counted in the 2000 census.
Perrineville Lake in Millstone, at the headwaters for Rocky Brook, in early spring
The Thomas Baird Homestead, owned by one of the first families to settle in Millstone, seen at twilight
The namesake Millstone River flows through the township.
Interstate 195 in Millstone Township
The Millstone River is a 38.6-mile-long (62.1 km) tributary of the Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States.
Millstone River at Rocky Hill
The Millstone River flowing in Millstone Township, where the headwaters for the river are located.
Carnegie Lake, with Princeton University's Cleveland Tower in the background.
During Hurricane Ida, the Millstone River, and much of the Raritan Basin at large, suffered from massive flooding. Pictured here, is the Georgetown Franklin Turnpike bridge connecting Rocky Hill and Franklin Township overflowed by the Millstone River, with abandoned cars submerged in the floodwaters.
