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Church in the Marshalltown Historic District
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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Salem
Mentioned	May 12, 1701
Incorporated	February 21, 1798
Government
• Type	Township
• Body	Township Committee
Area
• Total	37.90 sq mi (98.17 km2)
• Land	33.88 sq mi (87.76 km2)
• Water	4.02 sq mi (10.41 km2)  10.61%
Area rank	62nd of 565 in state 4th of 15 in county
Elevation	3 ft (0.9 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,475
• Estimate  (2023)	1,468
• Rank	512th of 565 in state 13th of 15 in county
• Density	43.5/sq mi (16.8/km2)
• Density rank	554th of 565 in state 14th of 15 in county
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	08079 – Salem
Area code(s)	856 exchanges: 339, 769, 878, 935
FIPS code	3403343200
GNIS feature ID	0882133
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Mannington Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,475, a decrease of 331 (−18.3%) from the 2010 census count of 1,806, which in turn reflected an increase of 247 (+15.8%) from the 1,559 counted in the 2000 census.

History

Mannington Township was first mentioned on May 12, 1701. It had been previously known as East Fenwick Township, which was mentioned on September 3, 1679, though the details of its incorporation are unknown. The township was incorporated by New Jersey Legislature's Township Act of 1798 on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's original group of 104 townships. A portion of the township was taken in 1878 and annexed by Quinton Township. The township's name derives from the Lenape deity, variously spelled as Maneto or Manito.

As a dry town, the sale of alcohol is not legally permitted.

Among the oldest buildings are Barrett's Plantation House and the Salem County Insane Asylum.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 37.90 square miles (98.17 km²), including 33.88 square miles (87.76 km²) of land and 4.02 square miles (10.41 km²) of water (10.61%).

The Salem River flows along the township's northern and western boundaries.

The township borders the Salem County municipalities of Alloway Township, Carneys Point Township, Pennsville Township, Pilesgrove Township, Quinton Township and Salem.

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Acton, Claysville, Halltown, Marshalltown, Pointers, Portertown, Slapes Corner, Welchtown and Welchville.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 1,806 people, 540 households, and 392 families in the township. The population density was 53.6 inhabitants per square mile (20.7/km²). There were 592 housing units at an average density of 17.6 per square mile (6.8/km²). The racial makeup was 72.59% (1,311) White, 21.10% (381) Black or African American, 0.66% (12) Native American, 0.44% (8) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 3.93% (71) from other races, and 1.27% (23) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.19% (148) of the population.

Of the 540 households, 27.4% had children under the age of 18; 58.0% were married couples living together; 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 27.4% were non-families. Of all households, 22.6% were made up of individuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.09.

18.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 141.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 143.0 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $63,650 (with a margin of error of +/− $5,287) and the median family income was $75,625 (+/− $17,613). Males had a median income of $59,896 (+/− $6,020) versus $42,159 (+/− $10,096) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $33,369 (+/− $5,096). About 6.1% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.2% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

Mannington Mills operates a manufacturing facility which occupies over 500 acres (200 ha), which it moved to Mannington after the company was established in Salem in 1915. In 2010, the company undertook an extensive cleanup of contaminated soil on the plant site.

Education

The Mannington Township School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at Mannington Township School. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 176 students and 21.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.4:1. In the 2016–17 school year, Mannington had the 31st smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 158 students.

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Salem High School in Salem City, together with students from Elsinboro Township, Lower Alloways Creek Township and Quinton Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Salem City School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 399 students and 39.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Road sign on County Route 540 at the Pointers

Roads and highways

As of May 2010^[update], the township had a total of 69.40 miles (111.69 km) of roadways, of which 30.42 miles (48.96 km) were maintained by the municipality, 32.36 miles (52.08 km) by Salem County and 6.62 miles (10.65 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

New Jersey Route 45 (Salem-Woodstown Road) is the main highway serving Mannington Township. County Route 540 (Pointers Auburn Road) also traverses the township. Their convergence with Pointers Sharptown Road (County Route 620) is named Pointers, or the Pointers, which "pointed" toward Salem.

Public transportation

NJ Transit provides bus service between Salem and Philadelphia on the 401, with local service between Penns Grove and Woodstown offered on the 468 route.

Freight rail

Once also providing passenger service, the 18.6 miles (29.9 km) southern portion of the freight rail Salem Branch operated under contract by Southern Railroad of New Jersey runs through Mannington, with Mannington Mills being one of the short line's major customers.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mannington Township include:

• Collins B. Allen (1866–1953), President of the New Jersey Senate
• Robert Gibbon Johnson (1771–1850), gentleman farmer best known for the apocryphal story that he publicly ate a basket of tomatoes at the Old Salem County Courthouse in 1820 to demonstrate that they were not poisonous
• George Washington Nicholson (1832–1912), artist best known for his landscape portraits.
• Bethanne McCarthy Patrick (born 1970), member of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2022 from the 3rd Legislative District
• Thomas A. Pankok (1931–2022), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1982 to 1986, where he represented the 3rd Legislative District

See also

In Spanish: Municipio de Mannington para niños