
They were largely sedentary, changing campsites seasonally. The Lenape were a hunter-gatherer society. The Lenni Lenape Native Americans were the earliest known people to live in the area that became Freehold.

Additional portions formed Millstone Township (February 28, 1844), Jackson Township (March 6, 1844), Atlantic Township (Februnow Colts Neck Township), Marlboro Township (February 17, 1848) and Manalapan Township (March 9, 1848). 1731), so some wills and official records following the split referred to "Lower Freehold Township" although the official name has always been Freehold Township. Portions of Freehold Township were taken to form Upper Freehold Township (c. įreehold Township was first formed on October 31, 1693, and was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 36,184, reflecting an increase of 4,647 (+14.7%) from the 31,537 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 6,827 (+27.6%) from the 24,710 counted in the 1990 Census.


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