About

Welcome to the official website of the Town of Marshville, North Carolina. 

Marshville is a quintessential small, southern town offering a great place to live, recreate and grow. Marshville and Union County are top producers of turkeys and eggs as well as soybeans, corn, hogs, beef, "broilers," and milo. We are also one of the Southeast's largest producers of pallets and graded hard lumber. The town scenes in the 1985 eleven-time Academy Award-nominated film, The Color Purple, based on the Pulitzer Prize-      winning novel, were filmed in Marshville. Marshville is the birthplace of  country singers Randy Travis and Regina Leigh, and have ties with    brothers Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey and Joel "JoJo" Hailey of the R&B group Jodeci, as well as grammy award winner, Stephanie Mills. Marshville is the site of the Randy Travis Music Festival (formerly known as the Boll Weevil Jamboree). The festival, held on the third Saturday in September, is a family-oriented event featuring classic cars, music, local crafts, and most times, a personal appearance by Randy. We've added the Juneteenth Celebration, which includes performances by local artists, merchandise from local vendors, and food from local food truck vendors.

This municipality of just under 3,000 people has a small town                  atmosphere within reach of big city amenities as it is 10 miles from Monroe, NC and 35 miles from Charlotte via Hwy 74. Also, by virtue of this location, it is about 3 hours from either the Great Smoky Mountains to the west or the wonderful beaches of North Carolina to the east. Employment opportunities in and around Marshville offer a variety of choices within a diverse economic environment. These include but are not limited to agriculture, industrial, retail, agritourism, small business, high tech, and banking. You are invited to visit our town and discover what Marshville can offer you.