Editing Manalapan, Florida (section)

==History==
United States President [[Benjamin Harrison]] granted George H. K. Carter a homestead in 1889 on the yet unnamed land.<ref name=townhistory/> In 1931, the sparsely populated settlement was incorporated by [[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]] as the "'''Town of Manalapan'''".<ref name=townhistory/><ref name=ToMToM/><ref name=ManInc/><ref name=ManaInco/> A large share of the first settlers being natives of [[Manalapan Township, New Jersey|Manalapan, New Jersey]] caused the name to be selected.<ref name=ManaName>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22049730/the_palm_beach_post/|title=What's in a name? Lots of history if it's a town|date=September 16, 1987|author=Eliot Kleinberg|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=7D|access-date=January 14, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref>

One of the most puzzling mysteries in Florida history was the disappearance of Circuit Judge [[Curtis Chillingworth]] and his wife Marjorie, who left a friend's home on the night of June 14, 1955, en route to their oceanfront cottage in Manalapan. It was established five years later that the couple were murdered by hitmen hired by one of Curtis Chillingworth's fellow judges. The Chillingworths were thrown overboard from a boat into the ocean with lead weights strapped to their legs; their bodies were never recovered.<ref>{{Cite book | last = McIver | first = Stuart B. | title = Murder in the Tropics: The Florida Chronicles, Volume 2 | year = 2008 | publisher = Pineapple Press | isbn = 978-1-56164-441-4 }}</ref>

The U.S. presidential yacht ''[[USS Sequoia (presidential yacht)|Sequoia]]'' was auctioned at the La Coquille Club in Manalapan on May 18, 1977, during the [[Carter administration]], for [[United States dollar|US$]]286,000 <ref>"Presidential Yacht Sequoia Sold for $286,000", ''Cincinnati Enquirer'', May 19, 1977, p. A-3</ref> as a symbolic cutback in Federal Government spending (annual cost to the U.S. Navy was $800,000) and to reduce signs of an "imperial presidency".<ref>{{Citation | title = Congressional Record – House – 108th Congress | page = 25146 | volume = 150 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1pqg0zUMAIYC&q=Sequoia+yacht+president+Carter&pg=PT113 | date = November 20, 2004 | publisher = Government Printing Office | access-date = June 9, 2010 }}</ref>

A 22-acre property in Manalapan was purchased by [[Larry Ellison]] in 2022 for $173 million, making it the most expensive home sale in Florida history. The property spans [[A1A]] and is connected by a series of tunnels under the road.<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/06/23/larry-ellison-oracle-billionaire-florida-home/7717443001/ | title=Billionaire Larry Ellison buys $173 million estate, Florida's largest residential sale ever | website=[[USA Today]] }}</ref>