Barbertown

Historical marker location:

Barbertown, New Jersey

( Marker is on Kingwood Road (County Road 519) 0.1 miles south of Barbertown - Point Breeze Road, on the right when traveling north.)

The first recorded boardwalk in the world was built in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1870. The boardwalk was originally constructed as a way to keep sand out of the city's hotels and railway cars.