Manalapan was the site of the Battle of Monmouth, a Revolutionary War engagement held on June 28, 1778 involving 30,000 British and Continental troops. On the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle, in 1978, the State opened the 1,520 acre Monmouth Battlefield State Park. Eighty percent of the Park is in Manalapan Township. A reenactment of the Battle is held annually on the nearest date to June 28.
During the Township's 152 history a Civil War training camp was established in 1862 and 1863. The site was located on the southerly side of the Freehold and Jamesburg Railroad off Route 522. It was identified as Camp Vredenbergh and a part of the site was where portions of the Battle of Monmouth were fought.
The population of the Township grew very slowly as farms tended to be handed down from father to son. Great growth occurred between 1960 and the present day when developers bought farms and built houses.
Aberdeen,
Allenhurst,
Allentown,
Asbury Park,
Atlantic Highlands,
Avon-By-The-Sea,
Belmar,
Bradley Beach,
Brielle,
Colts Neck,
Deal,
Eatontown,
Englishtown,
Fair Haven,
Farmingdale,
Freehold Boro,
Freehold Twp.,
Hazlet,
Highlands,
Holmdel,
Howell,
Interlaken,
Keansburg,
Keyport,
Lake Como,
Little Silver,
Loch Arbour Village,
Long Branch,
Manalapan,
Manasquan,
Marlboro,
Matawan,
Middletown,
Millstone,
Monmouth Beach,
Neptune City,
Neptune Twp.,
Ocean,
Oceanport,
Red Bank,
Roosevelt,
Rumson,
Sea Bright,
Sea Girt,
Shrewsbury Boro,
Shrewsbury Twp.,
Spring Lake,
Spring Lake Heights,
Tinton Falls,
Union Beach,
Upper Freehold,
Wall,
West Long Branch
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