Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Fredon Township is a Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 2,860. Officially designated in 1904, Fredon Township was formed from parts of Andover, Green, Hampton and Stillwater Townships, making it the youngest township in Sussex County.In 1800, Isaac V. Coursen named the Stillwater Township area "Coursen''s Corners" after establishing a post office in his store, but changed the name to Fredon Village before his death in 1855. Stillwater Township''s Bicentennial Committee obtained information from the Postmaster General which "states that ''Fredon'' is derived from the German word ''fredonia,'' meaning place of freedom."