Manalapan Township, New Jersey

Manalapan Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The township is centrally located within the Raritan Valley region and is a part of the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 38,872, representing an increase of 5,449 from the 33,423 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 6,707 from the 26,716 counted in the 1990 Census.The name "Manalapan" is derived from a word in the Lenape language that would mean either "land of good bread", "good land to settle upon", "good bread" or "covered swamp with edible roots".