The 1876 Walker Atlas showed Franklin Lakes had about 100 residences, 5 mills, 1 tannery, 3 schools, 4 blacksmith and wagon shops, 1 church, 2 hotels, 1 store, and 2 railroad depots. Daniel Youman’s Grist Mill on Franklin Lake was probably the first business established (it later served as a saw mill and a cider mill). Mills sprang up along the creeks: sawmills, gristmills, tanneries and forges. Fourteen of these historic homes still stand in our Borough. They built solid farmhouses of sandstone and fieldstone. Farming was the major occupation of the early inhabitants, mostly Dutch with the names of Van Winkle, Van Houten, Ackerman, Pulisfelt, Van Blarcom, etc. In 1772 Franklin Township was formed and included much of northwestern Bergen County. In 1701 the East Jersey Proprietors confirmed to Michael Hawden the land around the Pond. Slowly, the Dutch settlers made their way west from the Hudson River Valley. They made winter camp in the “Clove” near Buttermilk Falls and fished in Micharagrape Pond ( now Franklin Lake).

In the 17th century, Lenape Indians traveled the land we now call Franklin Lakes.

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