Marlboro Township

Marlboro Town Hall is located at 1979 Township Drive, Marlboro NJ 07746; phone: 732-536-0200.

Beginnings [1]

Marlboro Township, set off from Freehold Township, was erected in 1848. It is situated on the northwest boundary of Monmouth County, having Middlesex County as its boundary.

The name Marlboro was given first to the village and later to the township, because of the extensive marl beds found in the vicinity, and because it was the first place where marl was used for fertilizer.

The first settlement was made in 1685 at a place the Indians called Topanemus, a little west of the village of Marlboro. The first settlers were Quakers, the first who came being George Keith, a leader and preacher of the sect. In ancient records he is mentioned as the first settler in Freehold; but Freehold then embraced the whole of the present township of Marlboro.

1. History of Monmouth County, New Jersey 1664-1920: Volume II, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1922.