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====Marl's discovery==== The township of Marlboro is named for the prevalence of [[marl]],<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=20 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed July 16, 2015.</ref> which was first discovered in the area east of the village in 1768. Marl was used extensively on farms and spread during the winter months to be tilled into the soil in the spring.<ref>History of Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1664-1920, Volume 3 - Published 1922</ref> The "Marl Pits" are clearly reflected on maps from 1889 shown as a dirt road off of Hudson Street heading towards the current location of the township soccer fields.<ref>Wolverton's Atlas of Monmouth County NJ - Published by Chester Wolverton 243 Broadway - New York 1889</ref> Farmers used marl to improve the soil in the days before commercial fertilizers and there was a heavy demand for it. Marlboro Township's first industry was the export of the material, used primarily as fertilizer. In 1853, the Marl was harvested and transported to other parts of the state and to the [[Keyport, New Jersey|Keyport]] docks via the [[Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad|Freehold Marl Company Railroad]] (now the [[Henry Hudson Trail]]).<ref>[http://njrails.tripod.com/19th_Century/Freehold_Jamesburg/Freehold_Jamesburg.htm The Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad], New Jersey Railroad Information. Accessed August 29, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/NJ_1872.jpg Outline Map of New Jersey]</ref> The marl was then sent to New York and other parts of the country via ship.<ref name=Thinking>Glickson, Grant. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/22/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-marlboro.html "If You're Thinking of Living in: Marlboro"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 22, 1993. Accessed April 20, 2012. "Settled by the Dutch in the late 1600s, Marlboro got its name from marl, a mixture of clay and shells, discovered on a farm shortly before the Revolutionary War. The material, used primarily as fertilizer, was shipped throughout the state and by boat to New York."</ref> Prior to the finding of Marl, the area was known as 'Bucktown' for John Buck who owned a tavern in the area.<ref>History of Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1664-1920, Volume 2 - Page 463 - Published 1922</ref>
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