Blackwells Mills, NJ

Blackwells Mills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Franklin Township, Somerset County. It sits on the east side of the Millstone River, which gives the community both its geography and much of its older local context. The area is small and residential, with more of a rural-central New Jersey feel than the denser suburbs closer to New Brunswick. Blackwells Mills is best understood as a residential community tied to the Millstone River corridor, Franklin Township, and the broader Somerset County landscape.