Manchester Township is a

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, United States. The township is noted for containing the

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, the site of the infamous

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of May 6, 1937. As of the

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, the township's population was 45,115, an increase of 2,045 from the 2010 census enumeration of 43,070, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,142 (+10.6%) from the 38,928 counted in the 2000 census. The 2020 population was the highest recorded in any decennial census. Manchester Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1865, from portions of Dover Township (now Toms River Township). Portions of the township were taken to form Lakehurst on April 7, 1921.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 204. Accessed October 26, 2012. The township was named by William Torrey for

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, England.

Geography

According to the

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, the township had a total area of 82.51 square miles (213.70 km²), including 81.42 square miles (210.87 km²) of land and 1.09 square miles (2.83 km²) of water (1.32%). Cedar Glen Lakes (with a 2010 Census population of 1,421), Cedar Glen West (1,267), Crestwood Village (7,907), Leisure Knoll (2,490), Leisure Village West (3,493), Pine Lake Park (8,707) and Pine Ridge at Crestwood (2,369) are all

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and

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s (CDPs) located within Manchester Township.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)
p. III-4.

, 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)" Leisure Village West-Pine Lake Park had been a combined CDP through the

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and was split as of the 2010 enumeration. 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. 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, Jackson Township, Lacey Township, Plumsted Township and Toms River Township in Ocean County; and both Pemberton Township and Woodland Township in Burlington County. The township completely surrounds the independent borough of Lakehurst, making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another. Manchester's largest development, Pine Lake Park, is known for its man-made lake, Pine Lake, built in the 1970s. The township is one of 11 municipalities in Ocean County that are part of the Toms River watershed.

Demographics

Census 2020

The

counted 45,115 people in the township.

Census 2010

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars)

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was $37,942 (with a margin of error of +/− $1,492) and the median family income was $54,114 (+/− $1,831). Males had a median income of $51,366 (+/− $2,772) versus $39,427 (+/− $3,352) for females. The

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for the borough was $27,264 (+/− $754). About 4.2% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the

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, including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.

Census 2000

As of the

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there were 38,928 people, 20,688 households, and 10,819 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 22,681 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 94.34%

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, 3.06%

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, 0.12% Native American, 0.87%

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, 0.03%

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, 0.69% from

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, and 0.91% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.63% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Manchester township, Ocean County, New Jersey

. Accessed December 30, 2012.DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Manchester township, Ocean County, New Jersey
,

. Accessed December 30, 2012. There were 20,688 households, out of which 9.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.7% were non-families. 45.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 39.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.85 and the average family size was 2.53. In the township the population was spread out, with 10.7% under the age of 18, 3.5% from 18 to 24, 13.4% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 54.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 68 years. For every 100 females, there were 73.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 70.1 males. The median income for a household in the township was $29,525, and the median income for a family was $43,363. Males had a median income of $41,181 versus $30,523 for females. The

for the township was $22,409. About 3.0% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the

, including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

Manchester Township is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council (Plan 6) system of municipal government, as enacted by direct petition as of July 1, 1990. The township is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The Township's governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the five-member Township Council. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term. Councilmembers are elected at-large on a

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basis to serve four-year staggered terms with either two or three council seats up for election in even-numbered years, with the mayoral seat up for vote at the same time that two council seats are up for vote.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',

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, April 2006, p. 49. The township's municipal elections were shifted from May to November, with estimates of savings of $50,000 each election cycle and greater voter participation cited as justifications. A referendum on the ballot in November 2011 to shift the election date passed by a margin of 5,875 to 3,429. , the Mayor of Manchester Township is Robert Hudak, who was elected to fill the unexpired term of office ending on December 31, 2022, that had been held by Kenneth T. Palmer.Mayor
Manchester Township. Accessed July 28, 2022. Members of the Township Council are Council President Joan Brush (2022), Council Vice President Michele Zolezi (2024; elected to serve an unexpired term), Samuel F. Fusaro Jr. (2024), James A. Vaccaro Sr. (2024) and Craig Wallis (2022).Township of Manchester
Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed July 28, 2022.''2022 Ocean County & Municipal Elected Officials''
Ocean County, New Jersey Clerk, updated April 1, 2022. Accessed July 1, 2022.2021 General Election Official Results
Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed January 1, 2022.2020 General Election November 3, 2020 Official results
Ocean County, New Jersey, updated December 2, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.2019 General Election Official Results November 5, 2019
Ocean County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 15, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.2018 General Election Official Results November 6, 2018
Ocean County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 19, 2018. Accessed January 1, 2019. The Township Council appointed Robert Hudak in June 2021 to fill the seat as mayor expiring in December 2022 that became vacant after Kenneth Palmer stepped down to take a seat as a judge on the

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. In turn, Michele Zolezi was appointed to fill the council seat expiring in December 2024 that was vacated by Robert Hudak. In the November 2021 general election, Hudak was elected as mayor and Zolezi as councilmember to serve the remainder of the terms of office. In May 2019, the Township Council appointed Robert Hudak to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that had been held by Charles Frattini Sr. until he resigned from office the previous month. In November 2019, Hudak was elected to serve the balance of the term of office. In March 2017, Joan Brush was selected by the township council to fill the seat expiring in 2018 that had been held by Brendan Weiner, who was moving out of the township; Brush will serve on an interim basis until the November 2017 general election, when voters will select a candidate to serve the balance of the term. In 2018, the township had an average property tax bill of $4,093, the lowest in the county, compared to an average bill of $6,313 in Ocean County and $8,767 statewide.

Federal, state and county representation

Manchester Township is located in the 4th Congressional DistrictPlan Components Report

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, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020. and is part of New Jersey's 10th state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District
New Jersey Department of State. Accessed February 1, 2020.''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019. Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Manchester Township had been in the 9th state legislative district.''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
, p. 60, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed May 22, 2015.

Ocean County Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It borders the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Its county seat is Toms River.Board of County Commissioners comprised of five members who are elected on an at-large basis in partisan elections and serving staggered three-year terms of office, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization held in the beginning of January, the board chooses a Director and a Deputy Director from among its members. , Ocean County's Commissioners (with party affiliation, term-end year and residence) are: Commissioner Director John P. Kelly (R, 2022, Eagleswood Township), Commissioner Deputy Director Virginia E. Haines ( R, 2022, Toms River), Barbara Jo Crea (R, 2024,

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) Gary Quinn (R, 2024, Lacey Township) and Joseph H. Vicari (R, 2023, Toms River). Constitutional officers elected on a countywide basis are County Clerk Scott M. Colabella (R, 2025, Barnegat Light), Sheriff Michael G. Mastronardy (R, 2022; Toms River) and Surrogate Jeffrey Moran (R, 2023, Beachwood).

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 31,380 registered voters in Manchester Township, of which 8,336 (26.6%) were registered as Democrats, 9,606 (30.6%) were registered as Republicans and 13,424 (42.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 14 voters registered as

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or Greens.Voter Registration Summary - Ocean
New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 30, 2012. Among the township's 2010 Census population, 72.9% (vs. 63.2% in Ocean County) were registered to vote, including 81.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 82.6% countywide). In the

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, Republican Mitt Romney received 55.9% of the vote (12,970 cast), ahead of Democrat

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with 43.3% (10,041 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (186 votes), among the 23,439 ballots cast by the township's 32,513 registered voters (242 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 72.1%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 56.2% of the vote (14,368 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 41.2% (10,533 votes) and other candidates with 1.5% (372 votes), among the 25,569 ballots cast by the township's 33,796 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.7%. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican

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received 55.6% of the vote (13,652 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat

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with 42.9% (10,537 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (235 votes), among the 24,572 ballots cast by the township's 32,133 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 76.5. In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican

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received 77.5% of the vote (12,678 cast), ahead of Democrat

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with 21.4% (3,500 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (182 votes), among the 16,709 ballots cast by the township's 32,442 registered voters (349 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 51.5%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 62.9% of the vote (11,988 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat

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with 30.4% (5,796 votes), Independent

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with 4.7% (896 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (177 votes), among the 19,070 ballots cast by the township's 32,422 registered voters, yielding a 58.8% turnout.

Education

The

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serves students in pre-kindergarten through

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. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 2,922 students and 277.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1.District information for Manchester Township School District
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Manchester Township Elementary School with 565 students in grades K–5, Ridgeway Elementary School with 415 students in grades Pre-K–5, Whiting Elementary School with 248 students in grades Pre-K–5, Manchester Township Middle School with 643 students in grades 6–8,

Manchester Township High School Manchester Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades in Manchester Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, as the lone secondary school of the Manch ...

with 1,000 students in grades 9–12 and Regional Day School with 54 students in grades Pre-K–12, which serves low incidence handicapped children. Students from neighboring Lakehurst attend the district's high school as part of a

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with the

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. As of 2012, Lakehurst has been considering the possibility of sending its students to

Jackson Liberty High School Jackson Liberty High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Jackson Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Jackson School District. It is the dist ...

, as part of a prospective agreement with the Jackson School District under which students would gain access to a broader range of academic programs and which could result in annual savings of $400,000 per year off of the $2 million that the Lakehurst district spends annually for the 150 students it sends to the Manchester district. St. Mary Academy in Manahawkin, a

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of the

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, is in the area. From 1997, until 2019 it operated as All Saints Regional Catholic School and was collectively managed by five churches, with one being St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Whiting. In 2019 St. Mary Church in Barnegat took entire control of the school, which remained on the same Manahawkin campus, and changed its name. The other churches no longer operate the school but still may send students there.

Media

The '' Asbury Park Press'' provides daily news coverage of the township, as does

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radio. The township provides materials and commentary to ''The Manchester Times'', which also covers Lakehurst as one of seven weekly papers from

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Transportation

Roads and highways

, the township had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Ocean County and by the

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. Route 70 passes through the heart of the township while Route 37 goes through in the east. CR 530 travels along Route 70 and then veers off to the east, while CR 539 goes from north to south. In addition, both CR 547 and CR 571 run through the northeastern part. No limited access roads run through the municipality, but the closest ones are accessible in neighboring communities such as the

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in Toms River, Berkeley and Lacey townships and Interstate 195 in Jackson Township.

Public transportation

Ocean Ride local service is provided on the OC1 Whiting, OC1A Whiting Express and OC2 Manchester routes.

Zeppelins

There was briefly zeppelin service from Germany until one exploded in 1937

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Manchester Township include: *

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(1927–2012),

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guitarist * George A. Krol (born 1956), former

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* Kevin Malast (born 1986), former football linebacker who played in the NFL for the Chicago Bears,

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and

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at the

(1916–2009), comic book and newspaper comic strip artist * Andrew Valmon (born 1965), Olympic gold medal-winning runnerClayton, Scott
"Monmouth's Charles Cox sets pace in boys track"
'' Asbury Park Press'', June 17, 2006. Accessed December 30, 2012. "In Cox's sights for his senior year will be the conference records of 46.81 for 400 meters, set by Olympian Andrew Valmon of Manchester, and 21.30 for 200 meters, held jointly by 1993 Monmouth grad Ty Adams and 1996 Jackson grad Lamar Grant, brother of Ocean star Tiffany."

References

External links

Manchester Township websiteThe Manchester Times
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