Editing Manalapan Township, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Manalapanbrook1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Manalapan Brook]] flows through the township]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 30.88 square miles (79.99&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 30.65 square miles (79.39&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.23 square miles (0.60&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (0.75%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> The township has an elevation of {{convert|82|ft|m}}.

The township completely surrounds [[Englishtown, New Jersey|Englishtown]], 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> The township borders the municipalities of [[Freehold Township, New Jersey|Freehold Township]], [[Marlboro Township, New Jersey|Marlboro Township]] and [[Millstone Township, New Jersey|Millstone Township]] in Monmouth County; and [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]] and [[Old Bridge Township, New Jersey|Old Bridge Township]] in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1085071/touches.html Areas touching Manalapan Township], MapIt. Accessed February 26, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://co.monmouth.nj.us/documents/24/Figure%201.1__.png Regional Location Map], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. 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>

[[File:Hayride_at_Battleview_Orchards.jpg|thumb|left|During the autumn months, [[hayride]]s and [[apple picking]] (as pictured here) are among many popular recreational activities for township residents, along with nearby residents traveling from [[North Jersey]] and [[New York City|New York]]]]

[[Yorketown, New Jersey|Yorketown]] (with a 2010 Census population of 6,535<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3483245 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Yorketown CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212133524/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3483245 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 24, 2012.</ref>) is an [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) located within Manalapan Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34025 GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Monmouth County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212203413/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34025 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 6, 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 March 3, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)], [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed December 5, 2012.</ref>

Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Cahills Corners, Clarks Mills, Elton, Gordons Corner, Lafayette Mills, [[Millhurst, New Jersey|Millhurst]], [[Monmouth Heights, Manalapan, New Jersey|Monmouth Heights]],{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} [[Oakland Mills, New Jersey|Oakland Mills]], [[Smithburg, New Jersey|Smithburg]], Taylors Mills, [[Tennent, New Jersey|Tennent]], Tracey, Whittier Oaks{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} and Woodville.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed April 23, 2015.</ref>

===Ecology===
According to the [[A. W. Kuchler]] U.S. [[potential natural vegetation]] types, Manalapan Township would have an Appalachian [[Oak]] (''104'') vegetation type with an Eastern [[Hardwood]] Forest (''25'') vegetation form.<ref name="Conservation Biology Institute">[https://databasin.org/datasets/1c7a301c8e6843f2b4fe63fdb3a9fe39 U.S. Potential Natural Vegetation, Original Kuchler Types, v2.0 (Spatially Adjusted to Correct Geometric Distortions)], [[Data Basin]]. Accessed October 13, 2020.</ref>