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History · Six Mile Run

1 of Six Mile Run’s places is on the National Register

Most of Six Mile Run was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987.

1on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Six Mile Run’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Six Mile Run are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Six Mile Run, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Six Mile Run yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Six Mile Run is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Franklin Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Six Mile Run had a population of 3,383.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,184 to 3,383 (+6%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Six Mile Run, decade by decade

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Stalactites at SHB2010Stalactites at SHBStalactites at SHB - 22010Stalactites at SHB - 2Six Mile Run at Route 272010Six Mile Run at Route 27Six Mile Run - 32010Six Mile Run - 3
On the National Register

1 listing protects 149 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Franklin Park1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClydeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMiddlebush1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlackwells Mills1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVoorheesIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Millstone1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Brunswick Township1 historic placeB−Franklin Township10 historic placesBPleasant PlainsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.