Zarephath is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) and located in Franklin Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 15 mi (24 km) north of Princeton. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 69, an increase of 32 (+86.5%) from the 37 enumerated at the 2010 census.
Pillar of Fire chapel in Zarephath, New Jersey
Pillar of Fire, November 25, 1914
Music ensemble broadcast at Alma White College, Pillar of Fire Church, on WAWZ Radio, Zarephath, New Jersey circa 1920
Historical photo of Zarephath campus from Klansmen: Guardians of Liberty, 1926
Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Franklin Township is a township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is centrally located in the Raritan Valley region, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 68,364, an increase of 6,064 (+9.7%) from the 2010 census count of 62,300, which in turn reflected an increase of 11,397 (+22.4%) from the 50,903 counted in the 2000 census. The township was the state's 19th most-populous municipality in 2020, after being ranked 22nd in 2010.
Van Wickle House on Easton Avenue
The D&R Canal in Griggstown during the Autumn months
The Somerset neighborhood, one of the largest neighborhoods in the township
Kingston Mill on the Millstone River
