| Marshalltown, New Jersey | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Salem County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Marshalltown |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Salem |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Mannington |
| Named For: | Thomas Marshall |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 3 |
| Coordinates: | 39.6375°N -75.4533°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 878149 |
Marshalltown is an unincorporated community located within Mannington Township, in Salem County, New Jersey.[1] It has also been known as Frogtown.[2]
The community is centered at Marshalltown Road and Roosevelt Avenue, located southeast of Glenside and east-southeast of Pennsville.[3]
Located near the Salem River, Marshalltown was one of five pre-Civil War communities developed along tributaries of the Delaware River by freedmen.[4] [5] It is named after Thomas Marshall (1803–1856), who purchased land here starting in 1834.
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".[4] [5]
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.
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".[5]
| Marshalltown Historic District | |
| Nrhp Type: | HD |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Location: | Roosevelt Avenue and Marshalltown Road |
| Architecture: | Classical Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| Added: | July 17, 2013 |
| Refnum: | 13000498 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
| Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Date: | February 21, 2013 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 5042[6] |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Designated Other1 Color: |
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The Marshalltown Historic District is a 166acres historic district encompassing the community. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 2013, for its significance in architecture, ethnic heritage - Black, community development, landscape architecture, religion, and social history from 1834 to 1951. The district includes 7 contributing buildings and 33 contributing sites.[7]