Place:Manalapan, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

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NameManalapan
Alt namesManalapan Villagesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34004116
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates40.25°N 74.383°W
Located inMonmouth, New Jersey, United States
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Manalapan Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The township is centrally located within the Raritan Valley region and is a part of the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 38,872,[1] representing an increase of 5,449 (+16.3%) from the 33,423 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 6,707 (+25.1%) from the 26,716 counted in the 1990 Census.

The name "Manalapan" is derived from a word in the Lenape language that would mean either "land of good bread", "good land to settle upon",[2] "good bread" or "covered swamp with edible roots".

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