Editing Manalapan Township, New Jersey (section)

==History==
[[File:Millhurst, NJ.jpg|thumb|left|The historic [[Millhurst, New Jersey|Millhurst Mill]]]]
The [[Battle of Monmouth]] was fought in 1778 on land that is now part of Manalapan and [[Freehold Township, New Jersey|Freehold]] townships. [[Monmouth Battlefield State Park]] occupies {{convert|2928|acres}} in the two townships.<ref name=History>Wikoff, Lydia. [https://mtnj.org/government/history/ "Manalapan Spanning Three Centuries"], Manalapan Township. Accessed January 29, 2025. "In researching it could not be found how the decision to name it Manalapan came about. The name Manalapan translate from the Lenape Indian Words 'manel' for drinking and 'paune' for bread meant good land to settle upon, for the Indians.... You are well aware that 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."</ref>

Manalapan Township was formed by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on March 9, 1848, from portions of [[Freehold Township, New Jersey|Freehold Township]]. [[Englishtown, New Jersey|Englishtown]] was formed as a [[borough (New Jersey)|borough]] from portions of Manalapan on January 4, 1888, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 181. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref>