Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 80.0 km (30.9 mi). 79.8 km² (30.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.16% water.
Demographics
There were 10,781 households out of which 47.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.9% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.5% were non-families. 14.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.09 and the average family size was 3.45.
In the township the population was spread out with 30.3% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $83,575, and the median income for a family was $94,112. Males had a median income of $72,198 versus $39,921 for females. The per capita income for the township was $32,142. 3.8% of the population and 3.2% of families were below the poverty line. 5.1% of those under the age of 18 and 5.7% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
Government
Local government
Manalapan operates under the township form of municipal government. The Township form of government is the oldest form of municipal government in New Jersey, having been first established by the Township Act of 1798, which created New Jersey’s original 104 townships. Today, the township form of government is “government by committee,” with the legislative and executive responsibilities of the municipality vested in the township committee as a whole.
The only elected officials under the township form are the members of the township committee. Township committee members must be residents of the township, and their terms of office begin on January 1 following their election at the November general elections. In the township form, a plurality (the largest number of votes, but not necessarily a majority) is sufficient to elect a township committee member. The township committee consists of five members elected at large, and the members serve a term of three years. No more than two members are up for election in any one year, and every third year only one member will be up for election.
Members of the Manalapan Township Committee are Mayor Drew Shapiro (3-year term as Committee Member ends December 31, 2006, as does his one-year term as Mayor), Deputy Mayor Michelle Roth, (3-year term as Committee Member ends December 31, 2008, one-year term as Deputy Mayor ends December 31, 2006), Anthony Gennaro (2008), Joseph Locricchio (2007) and Andrew Lucas (2007).
Federal, state and county representation
Manalapan Township is in the Twelfth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 12th Legislative District.
New Jersey's Twelfth Congressional District, covering all of Hunterdon County and portions of Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Morris County, and Somerset County, is represented by Rush D. Holt Jr. (D). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D, Union City).
The 12th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Ellen Karcher (D, Freehold Township) and in the Assembly by Jennifer Beck (R, Red Bank) and Michael J. Panter (D, Red Bank). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).
Monmouth County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Monmouth County's Freeholders are: Thomas J. Powers (Freeholder Director), Amy Handlin (Deputy Director), William C. Barham, Robert D. Clifton and Theodore J. Narozanick .
Education
Students in grades K - 8 attend the Manalapan Englishtown Regional School District, which also serves children from Englishtown. The district serves 5,555 students in seven schools, of which 301 are from Englishtown and 5,254 are from Manalapan Township. The district consists of seven schools: Three serving Grades K - 3 — Clark Mills (707 students), Milford Brook (796 students) and Taylor Mills (692 students) — three serving Grades 4 - 6 — Lafayette Mills (539 students), Pine Brook (880 students) and Wemrock Brook (571 students) — and Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School (1,348 students) serving Grades 7 and 8.
Students in grades 9-12 attend either Manalapan High School or Freehold Township High School (depending on home address), as part of the Freehold Regional High School District. The Freehold Regional High School District also serves students from Colts Neck Township, Englishtown, Farmingdale, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Howell Township and Marlboro.
Manalapan High School is home to the Science/Engineering Specialized Learning Center, a prestigious program for students who are gifted in mathematics and science. Prospective students are tested in eighth grade, and throughout all four years of high school, S/E students partake in a rigorous curriculum full of Advanced Placement and honors courses.
Miscellaneous
Manalapan's two most famous landmarks are the prestigious Monmouth County Library and the Manalapan Recreation Center. The town is also near the Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold Borough, New Jersey. Manalapan was rated the second hottest town on the East Coast by Money Magazine.
Manalapan is also the home of David DeJesus, centerfielder for the Kansas City Royals, and Jason Bergmann, pitcher for the Washington Nationals.
The name "Manalapan" comes from the Lenape Native American word for "Land of Good Bread."
This information is from www.Wikipedia.org
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