Marshalltown, New Jersey

Marshalltown, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Marshalltown, New Jersey
Marshalltown's location in Salem County (Inset: Salem County in New Jersey)
Marshalltown, New Jersey
Marshalltown, New Jersey (New Jersey)
Marshalltown, New Jersey
Marshalltown, New Jersey (the US)
Coordinates: 39°38′15″N 75°27′12″W / 39.63750°N 75.45333°W / 39.63750; -75.45333Coordinates: 39°38′15″N 75°27′12″W / 39.63750°N 75.45333°W / 39.63750; -75.45333
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
County Salem
Township Mannington
Elevation[1] 0.9 m (3 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID 878149[1]

Marshalltown is an unincorporated community located within Mannington Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.[1][2][3]

The community is centered at Marshalltown Road and Roosevelt Avenue, located 2.7 miles (4.3 km) southeast of Glenside and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east-southeast of Pennsville.[4]

History

Located near the Salem River, Marshalltown was one of five pre-Civil War communities developed along tributaries of the Delaware River by freedmen.[5][6]

Before the abolition of slavery, these black-populated communities offered protection and aid to fugitive slaves, and "the likelihood that there was antebellum Underground Railroad activity is high".[5][6]

The settlement once contained many houses and gardens, a school, stores, and two churches. Mount Zion A.U.M.P. Church in Marshalltown is one of the earliest African Methodist churches.[7]

By 2010, only a school house, a church, and two cemeteries survived, and "isolation, theft, vandalism, and lack of historic preservation planning threaten the surviving cultural landscape of Marshalltown".[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Feature Detail Report for: Marshalltown, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ Areas covering the point (-75.453333,39.6375), MapIt. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ N 39.6375 W 75.453333, ACME Mapper. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Calarco, Tom (2011). Places of the Underground Railroad: A Geographical Guide. ABC-CLIO. pp. 294, 295.
  6. 1 2 3 Sheridan, Janet L. (October 30, 2010). "Survey and Documentation of Marshalltown, Mannington Township, Salem County, New Jersey" (PDF). Janet L. Sheridan. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2013.
  7. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Zion
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