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}}U.S. state>StateNew Jersey}}List of counties in New Jersey>CountyCumberland County, New Jersey>CumberlandCumberland County, New Jersey#Municipalities>TownshipStow Creek Township, New Jersey>Stow Creek|government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date =|unit_pref = ImperialPUBLISHER=UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU, October 11, 2022, |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 2.16|area_land_km2 = 2.16|area_water_km2 = 0.00|area_total_sq_mi = 0.84|area_land_sq_mi = 0.84|area_water_sq_mi = 0.002020 United States census>2020PUBLISHER=UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU, Oct 11, 2022, |population_total = 155|population_density_km2 = 71.60|population_density_sq_mi = 185.41Eastern Time Zone>Eastern (EST)|utc_offset = −05:00|timezone_DST = EDT|utc_offset_DST = −04:00|elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 11539277506region:US-NJ|display=inline,title}}|postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = Federal Information Processing Standards>FIPS code34|63810}}Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.Geographic Names Information System>GNIS feature ID879728|Roadstown}}|website = |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = }}Roadstown is an unincorporated community located within Stow Creek Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Locality Search {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=2016-07-09 }}, State of New Jersey. Accessed December 30, 2014.Roadstown is located at the intersection of County Route 620 and 626, approximately {{convert|3|mi|km|abbr=on}} southwest of Shiloh.

Demographics

{{US Census population|2020= 155PUBLISHER=CENSUS.GOV, June 4, 2016, }}

History

Prior to the American Revolution, Roadstown was considered an important settlement in the region. Roadstown was then known as “Sayre’s Cross-Roads” or “Sayre’s Corners”, named for Ananias Sayre, “a leading citizen” and county sheriff.BOOK, Elmer, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus, History of the Early Settlement and Progress of Cumberland County, New Jersey: And of the Currency of this and Adjoining Colonies, George F. Nixon, 1869,archive.org/details/historyearlyset00elmegoog, 16, Maskell Ware settled in Roadstown in 1789, where he worked as a farmer and manufacturer of hand-made chairs.JOURNAL, Dependahl Waters, Deborah, Wares and Chairs: A Reappraisal of the Documents, American Furniture and Its Makers, 13, 161–173, University of Chicago Press, 1979, 1180605, Ware chairs are today considered collectors items.WEB, Resnik, Virginia M., The Hands that Hold an Old Craft, philly.com, July 2, 1987,articles.philly.com/1987-07-02/news/26198445_1_weldon-works-rush-chairs, 2014-12-29, 2016-03-03,articles.philly.com/1987-07-02/news/26198445_1_weldon-works-rush-chairs," title="web.archive.org/web/20160303235939articles.philly.com/1987-07-02/news/26198445_1_weldon-works-rush-chairs,">web.archive.org/web/20160303235939articles.philly.com/1987-07-02/news/26198445_1_weldon-works-rush-chairs, live, The Cohansey Baptist Church relocated to Roadstown in 1802. Established in 1683, it is today the third oldest Baptist church in New Jersey.WEB, Cohansey Baptist Church at Roadstown, Cumberland County,www.co.cumberland.nj.us/content/163/235/1006/1138.aspx, December 29, 2014, December 29, 2014,www.co.cumberland.nj.us/content/163/235/1006/1138.aspx," title="web.archive.org/web/20141229061515www.co.cumberland.nj.us/content/163/235/1006/1138.aspx,">web.archive.org/web/20141229061515www.co.cumberland.nj.us/content/163/235/1006/1138.aspx, live, WEB, Mollick, Sharon, Mapping the Dead, Cumberland County Department of Planning & Development,proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc05/papers/pap1008.pdf, December 29, 2014, December 22, 2014,proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc05/papers/pap1008.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20141222005107proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc05/papers/pap1008.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20141222005107proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc05/papers/pap1008.pdf, live, A post office was established in 1803.WEB, Hopewell Township, Hopewell Township, 1998,www.hopewelltwp-nj.com/Environmental%20Commission/Brief%20Early%20History%281-19%29.pdf, 2014-12-29, 2007-10-08,hopewelltwp-nj.com/Environmental%20Commission/Brief%20Early%20History(1-19).pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20071008114214hopewelltwp-nj.com/Environmental%20Commission/Brief%20Early%20History(1-19).pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20071008114214hopewelltwp-nj.com/Environmental%20Commission/Brief%20Early%20History(1-19).pdf, live, In 1834, Roadstown had a tavern, two stores, 20 dwellings, and “was peopled principally by the cultivators of the soil”.BOOK, Gordon, Thomas Francis, The History of New Jersey: From Its Discovery by Europeans, to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, D. Fenton, 1834,archive.org/details/historynewjerse03gordgoog, 227, By 1882, the population had grown to 200.BOOK, Edwards, Richard Edwards, Industries of New Jersey: Essex County Including City of Newark, Historical Publishing Company, 1882,books.google.com/books?id=cwVLAAAAYAAJ&q=roadstown&pg=PP1, 120, 2017-09-10, 2022-09-22,web.archive.org/web/20220922155606/https://books.google.com/books?id=cwVLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=roadstown&f=false, live,

Notable people

{{Category see also|People from Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey}}People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Roadstown include:

• Harris Flanagin (1817–1874), politician and lawyer who served as the 7th governor of ArkansasWEB, Arkansas Governor Harris Flanagin, National Governors Association,www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_arkansas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_flanagin_harris.html, December 29, 2014, December 17, 2014,www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_arkansas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_flanagin_harris.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20141217174626www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_arkansas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_flanagin_harris.html,">web.archive.org/web/20141217174626www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_arkansas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_flanagin_harris.html, live,
• Charles Elmer Hires (1851–1937), inventor of root beer and namesake of Hires Root BeerBertram, Mike. “The Bottling Plant At Colonial Springs”, Tredyffrin Easttown History Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 3. Accessed August 28, 2023. “Charles Elmer Hires was born on August 19, 1851, on his family’s farm outside of Roadstown, New Jersey.“WEB, Bennett, Eileen, Local Historians Argue Over the Root of the Story of How Hires First Brewed Beer that Made Millions, Cumberland County, June 28, 1998,www.co.cumberland.nj.us/content/163/241/597.aspx, December 29, 2014, December 29, 2014,www.co.cumberland.nj.us/content/163/241/597.aspx," title="web.archive.org/web/20141229062125www.co.cumberland.nj.us/content/163/241/597.aspx,">web.archive.org/web/20141229062125www.co.cumberland.nj.us/content/163/241/597.aspx, live,

References

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