Roadstown is an unincorporated community located within Stow Creek Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2020 census, Roadstown had a population of 155.
Roadstown is located at the intersection of County Route 620 and 626, approximately southwest of Shiloh.
Roadstown was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
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. Maskell Ware settled in Roadstown in 1789, where he worked as a farmer and manufacturer of hand-made chairs. Ware chairs are today considered collector's items.
The Cohansey Baptist Church relocated to Roadstown in 1802. Established in 1683, it is today the third oldest Baptist church in New Jersey. A post office was established in 1803. In 1834, Roadstown had a tavern, two stores, 20 dwellings, and "was peopled principally by the cultivators of the soil". By 1882, the population had grown to 200.
For elementary school, Hopewell Township students are zoned to Hopewell Township School District, while Stow Creek Township students are zoned to Stow Creek Township School District. All students are in the Cumberland Regional School District (for high school).
The Stow Creek school district and the Greenwich Township School District have a cooperative agreement in which all students in grade levels Kindergarten through 4 in both school districts attend the Greenwich Township school facility, Morris Goodwin School, while all students in grades 5âÂÂ8 in both school districts attend the Stow Creek school facility, Stow Creek School.
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Roadstown include: