Editing Manchester Township, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 82.51 square miles (213.70&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 81.42 square miles (210.87&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 1.09 square miles (2.83&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (1.32%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

[[Cedar Glen Lakes, New Jersey|Cedar Glen Lakes]] (with a 2010 Census population of 1,421<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3411140 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Cedar Glen Lakes CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212134300/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3411140 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 30, 2012.</ref>), 
[[Cedar Glen West, New Jersey|Cedar Glen West]] (1,267<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3411155 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Cedar Glen West CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212143222/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3411155 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 30, 2012.</ref>), 
[[Crestwood Village, New Jersey|Crestwood Village]] (7,907<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3415910 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Crestwood Village CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212135524/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3415910 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 30, 2012.</ref>), 
[[Leisure Knoll, New Jersey|Leisure Knoll]] (2,490<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3439883 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Leisure Knoll CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212132840/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3439883 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 30, 2012.</ref>), 
[[Leisure Village West, New Jersey|Leisure Village West]] (3,493<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3439920 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Leisure Village West CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212135119/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3439920 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 30, 2012.</ref>), 
[[Pine Lake Park, New Jersey|Pine Lake Park]] (8,707<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3458830 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Pine Lake Park CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212134805/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3458830 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 30, 2012.</ref>) and 
[[Pine Ridge at Crestwood, New Jersey|Pine Ridge at Crestwood]] (2,369<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3458852 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Pine Ridge at Crestwood CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212134706/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3458852 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 30, 2012.</ref>)  are all [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated communities]] and [[census-designated place]]s (CDPs) located within Manchester Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34029 GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Ocean County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212204350/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34029 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 30, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www2.census.gov/acs2010_5yr/summaryfile/UserTools/Geography/NJ.xls 2006-2010 American Community Survey Geography for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 30, 2012.</ref><ref name=CPH232>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf#page=20 New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)], p. III-4. [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed December 30, 2012. "New CDPs: Leisure Village West (formed from part of deleted Leisure Village West-Pine Lake Park CDP); Pine Lake Park (formed from part of deleted Leisure Village West-Pine Lake Park CDP and additional area); Deleted CDPs: Leisure Village West-Pine Lake Park (split to form Leisure Village West CDP and part of Pine Lake Park CDP)"</ref> [[Leisure Village West-Pine Lake Park, New Jersey|Leisure Village West-Pine Lake Park]] had been a combined CDP through the [[2000 United States Census]] and was split as of the 2010 enumeration.<ref name=CPH232/>

Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Beckerville, Boyds Hotel, Brainards, Brick Yards, Buckingham, Giberson, Goose Pond, Horican, Keswick Grove, Old Halfway, Pasadena, Pine Lake Park Estates, Ridgeway, Roosevelt City and [[Whiting, New Jersey|Whiting]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref> Cedar Glen Lakes, Cedar Glen West, Crestwood Village, Pine Ridge, Fox Hollow, Lakewood Heights, Keswick Grove, Winwood, Timbergreen, and Roosevelt City are all within Whiting which makes up the largest territory in Manchester in geography and demographics with 33,180 out of 45,115 people.

The township borders [[Berkeley Township, New Jersey|Berkeley Township]], [[Jackson Township, New Jersey|Jackson Township]], [[Lacey Township, New Jersey|Lacey Township]], [[Plumsted Township, New Jersey|Plumsted Township]] and [[Toms River Township, New Jersey|Toms River Township]] in Ocean County; and both [[Pemberton Township, New Jersey|Pemberton Township]] and [[Woodland Township, New Jersey|Woodland Township]] in [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1085102/touches.html Areas touching Manchester Township], MapIt. Accessed February 26, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://chnj.njpn.org/ocean-county/ Ocean County Map], Coalition for a Healthy NJ. Accessed February 26, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref> The township completely surrounds the independent borough of [[Lakehurst, New Jersey|Lakehurst]], making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.<ref>DeMarco, Megan. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/princeton_merger_voters_to_dec.html "Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 3, 2011. Accessed January 8, 2017. "There are 22 sets of 'doughnut towns' in New Jersey, those where one town wraps around the other town". Note that following voter approval of the Princeton merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.</ref>

Manchester's largest development, Pine Lake Park, is known for its man-made lake, Pine Lake, built in the 1970s.<ref>[http://orig.app.com/lifein/story/0,21786,1388842,00.html "Big town or small borough: Both offer lots of living"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', November 10, 2005. Accessed May 12, 2007.</ref>

The township is one of 11 municipalities in Ocean County that are part of the [[Toms River]] [[drainage basin|watershed]].<ref>[https://www.barnegatbaypartnership.org/learn/watershed-map/toms-river-watershed/ Toms River Watershed], Barnegat Bay Partnership. Accessed July 3, 2022.</ref>