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Manalapan, FL - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Manalapan  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Manalapan Home page. The Manalapan Home page provides as much information as possible on Manalapan. Knowing Manalapan’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Manalapan’s Home page, you will also find Manalapan’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Manalapan has a population of 323. 51.1% of Manalapan’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.9 are female. 68.3% of Manalapan is married and 98.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $1,860,369. Household median income in Manalapan is $198,750, and the individual median income is $97,679. Manalapan’s Ethnic is the following: White(92.9%), Hispanic(8.4%), Black(4.3%), Asian(1.9%), Pacific(0.9%).


United States President Benjamin Harrison granted George H. K. Carter a homestead in 1889 on the yet unnamed land. In 1931, the sparsely populated settlement was incorporated by Harold Stirling Vanderbilt as the "Town of Manalapan". A large share of the first settlers being natives of Manalapan, New Jersey caused the name to be selected.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.The U.S. presidential yacht Sequoia was auctioned at the La Coquille Club in Manalapan on March 25, 1977 during the Carter administration, for US$286,000, 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".The popular tourist restaurant John G's moved to Manalapan in 2011. 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.


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