 Franklin Township (1771) consisted of what is today Ho-Ho-Kus (seceded 1849), Ridgewood (seceded 1876), Midland Park (seceded 1894), Oakland (seceded 1902), Franklin Lakes (seceded 1922), and Wyckoff.The size of Franklin Township decreased as areas seceded and were incorporated into their own municipalities.After Franklin Lakes was established in 1922, Franklin Township consisted of only the area known locally as Wyckoff.