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 Location within the state of New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°38′15″N 75°27′12″W / 39.63750°N 75.45333°WCoordinates: 39°38′15″N 75°27′12″W / 39.63750°N 75.45333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Salem |
| Township | Mannington |
| Elevation[1] | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| 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 2 3 Feature Detail Report for: Marshalltown, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed January 1, 2015.
- ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 1, 2015.
- ↑ Areas covering the point (-75.453333,39.6375), MapIt. Accessed January 1, 2015.
- ↑ N 39.6375 W 75.453333, ACME Mapper. Accessed January 1, 2015.
- 1 2 Calarco, Tom (2011). Places of the Underground Railroad: A Geographical Guide. ABC-CLIO. pp. 294, 295.
- 1 2 3 Sheridan, Janet L. (October 30, 2010). "Survey and Documentation of Marshalltown, Mannington Township, Salem County, New Jersey" (PDF). Janet L. Sheridan.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Zion
