Mantoloking (, ) is a coastal

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, in the

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. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 331, an increase of 35 (+11.8%) from the 2010 census count of 296, which in turn reflected a decline of 127 (−30.0%) from the 423 counted in the 2000 census. The borough has an estimated summer population of approximately 5,000. As of the 2000 census, Mantoloking was the highest-income community in the state of New Jersey with a per capita money income of $114,017 as of 1999, an increase of 29.8% from the $87,830 recorded in 1989. Based on data from the 2006–2010

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, the borough had a per-capita income of $97,938, ranked 4th in the state. In the ''

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'' magazine 2012 rankings of "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes", the borough was ranked 139th, with a median price of $1,403,349. Mantoloking was incorporated as a borough by an act of the

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on April 10, 1911, from portions of Brick Township.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 May 30, 2024. The name Mantoloking is derived from the

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of the

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Native Americans who once inhabited New Jersey. Various meanings have been attributed to the community's name including "frog ground" or "sand place". The borough is a

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community situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, also known as Barnegat Bay Island, a long, narrow

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that separates Barnegat Bay from the

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. The town is linked to the New Jersey-mainland via the Mantoloking Bridge, linking the town with Brick Township across the Barnegat Bay. Mantoloking is home to the Olympic-champion producing Mantoloking Yacht Club. Some old "summer cottages" in the borough were designed by architect

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. Together with Bay Head to the north, Mantoloking is considered part of the Jersey Shore's "Gold Coast". It is a dry town where alcohol is not permitted to be sold by law.

History

Impact of Hurricane Sandy

During

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in 2012,

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damaged about 90% of the properties in Mantoloking with the largest damage occurring when a breach was formed between the Barnegat Bay and the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of Herbert Street ( CR 528).Funderburk, Kristi. ''

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"N.J. town 'still looks like Beirut' 8 months after Sandy"
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'', July 11, 2013. Accessed January 24, 2015. "The town has 528 properties, and Sandy damaged at least 90% of them, Nelson said." When Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on October 29, 2012, the

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were severe, and Mantoloking was especially hard hit, with more than 50 homes requiring demolition, accounting for almost 10% of the housing units in the borough as of the 2010 Census.

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announced in July 2013 that it won't rebuild its copper-wire based

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to Mantoloking residents, instead providing them with its Voice Link wireless service, an effort that brought protests from the

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. Residents have complained that many calls don't go through when dialed, that fax transmissions cannot be made, that 911 calls may be affected by network bottlenecks and that power outages would result in the loss of service.

Geography

According to the

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, the borough had a total area of 0.64 square miles (1.66 km²), including 0.39 square miles (1.00 km²) of land and 0.25 square miles (0.66 km²) of water (39.69%). The borough borders the Ocean County municipalities of Bay Head, Brick Township and Point Pleasant.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 296 people, 162 households, and 103 families in the borough. The population density was . There were 535 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 94.93% (281)

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, 1.69% (5) Black or African American, 0.34% (1) Native American, 0.34% (1) Asian, 0.00% (0)

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, 2.36% (7) from other races, and 0.34% (1) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.36% (7) of the population. Of the 162 households, 3.1% had children under the age of 18; 58.6% were married couples living together; 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 36.4% were non-families. Of all households, 35.2% were made up of individuals and 21.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.77 and the average family size was 2.16. 4.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 2.4% from 18 to 24, 6.8% from 25 to 44, 39.2% from 45 to 64, and 47.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 64.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 83.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 85.6 males. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010

showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars)

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was $151,667 (with a margin of error of +/− $66,768) and the median family income was $200,833 (+/− $146,466). Males had a median income of $98,333 (+/− $210,103) versus $42,917 (+/− $32,621) for females. The

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for the borough was $97,938 (+/− $40,847). About none of families and none of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census there were 423 people, 207 households, and 140 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 522 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 97.64%

, 1.65%

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, 0.47% Asian, 0.24% from other races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.71% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Mantoloking borough, New Jersey

. Accessed August 16, 2012.DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Mantoloking borough, Ocean County, New Jersey
,

. Accessed August 16, 2012. There were 207 households, out of which 11.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.8% were

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living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.45. In the borough the population was spread out, with 10.2% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 10.6% from 25 to 44, 39.2% from 45 to 64, and 36.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 58 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $105,841, and the median income for a family was $125,000. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $64,167 for females. The

for the borough was $114,017. None of the families and 0.8% of the population were living below the

, including no under eighteens and 2.2% of those over 64.

Government

Local government

Mantoloking is governed under the

form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey. The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected

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on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',

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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 53. The borough form of government used by Mantoloking is a " weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can

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ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. , the

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of Mantoloking is Republican E. Laurence "Lance" White III, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2022. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Lynn O'Mealia (R, 2022), Anthony M. Amarante (R, 2023), F. Bradford Batcha (R, 2024), Barbara Hood Benz (R, 2022), John Conti ( D, 2024) and Douglas Nelson (R, 2023) -- D'Arcy Green (R, 2022).Mayor and Council Roster
Borough of Mantoloking. Accessed August 3, 2022.Borough of Mantoloking

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. Accessed August 3, 2022.''2022 Ocean County & Municipal Elected Officials''

Clerk, updated April 1, 2022. Accessed May 1, 2022.2021 General Election Official Results

. Accessed January 1, 2022.2020 General Election November 3, 2020 Official results

, updated December 2, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.2019 General Election Official Results November 5, 2019

Clerk, updated November 15, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.2018 General Election Official Results November 6, 2018

Clerk, updated November 19, 2018. Accessed January 1, 2019. The borough council appointed Barbara Benz in January 2021 to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that was vacated by D’Arcy Green. Benz served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election when she was elected to serve the remainder of the term of office. In December 2018, Donald Ness was selected by the borough council to fill the seat expiring in December 2019 that became vacant following the resignation of Lynn O'Mealia earlier that month. In 2018, the borough had an average property tax bill of $17,762, the highest in the county, compared to an average bill of $8,767 statewide.

Federal, state, and county representation

Mantoloking is located in the 4th Congressional District2022 Redistricting Plan

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, December 8, 2022. and is part of New Jersey's 10th state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District

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. Accessed February 1, 2020.''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
New Jersey

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. Accessed October 30, 2019.

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 324 registered voters in Mantoloking, of which 23 (7.1%) were registered as Democrats, 247 (76.2%) were registered as Republicans and 54 (16.7%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties.Voter Registration Summary - Ocean

Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 30, 2012. Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 109.5% (vs. 63.2% in Ocean County) were registered to vote, including 114.1% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 82.6% countywide). Mantoloking is one of the most consistently Republican jurisdictions in the state of New Jersey. After New Jersey native

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carried the borough in its inaugural election, no Democratic presidential candidate has done so again. Even as New Jersey has trended Democratic since the 1990's, Mantoloking has remained largely Republican, with 2016 and 2020 Republican nominee and president

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carrying the borough by over 25 points in both of his campaigns. Prior to Trump, all of the preceding 21 Republican nominees for president from

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in 1932 to

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in 2012 won Mantoloking by a margin of at least 50 points, with 14 of them earning 80% of the vote, and

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in 1948,

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in 1956, and

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in 1960 and 1972 each winning 90% of the vote. In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican

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received 92.7% of the vote (152 cast), ahead of Democrat

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with 7.3% (12 votes), and other candidates receiving no votes, among the 165 ballots cast by the borough's 307 registered voters (1 ballot was spoiled), for a turnout of 53.7%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 80.9% of the vote (174 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat

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with 12.1% (26 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 6.0% (13 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (1 votes), among the 215 ballots cast by the borough's 336 registered voters, yielding a 64.0% turnout.

Education

Students in Mantoloking attend public school in Point Pleasant Beach for

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through

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as part of a

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with the Point Pleasant Beach School District. As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 646 students and 75.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 8.6:1.District information for Point Pleasant Beach School District

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. Accessed December 15, 2024. Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the

) are G. Harold Antrim Elementary School 310 students in grades PreK–8 and Point Pleasant Beach High School 326 students in grades 9–12. Students from Bay Head and Lavallette attend the district's high school as part of

Transportation

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

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and County Route 528 are the main highways serving Mantoloking. Route 35 traverses the borough north to south, parallel to the coast, while CR 528 begins at Route 35 and heads west across Barnegat Bay to the mainland.

Public transportation

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trains terminate at the Bay Head station and yard, north of Mantoloking's northern border, with service on the

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north to Newark Penn Station and

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Climate

According to the

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system, Mantoloking has a

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(''Cfa''). Cfa climates are characterized by all months having an average mean temperature above , at least four months with an average mean temperature at or above , at least one month with an average mean temperature at or above and no significant precipitation difference between seasons. During the summer months at Mantoloking, a cooling afternoon

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is present on most days, but episodes of extreme heat and humidity can occur with

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values at or above . On average, the wettest month of the year is July which corresponds with the annual peak in

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activity. During the winter months, episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur with

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values below . The

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at Mantoloking Beach is 7a with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of . The average seasonal (November–April) snowfall total is and the average snowiest month is February which corresponds with the annual peak in

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activity.

Ecology

According to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. potential natural vegetation types, Mantoloking would have a dominant vegetation type of Northern

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(''73'') with a dominant vegetation form of

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Prairie Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the ...

(''20'').U.S. Potential Natural Vegetation, Original Kuchler Types, v2.0 (Spatially Adjusted to Correct Geometric Distortions)
Data Basin. Accessed March 18, 2020.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mantoloking include: * Britton Chance (1913–2010), Eldridge Reeves Johnson University Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics, who won a gold medal in sailing at the

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along with fellow Mantoloking sailors, Edgar White and his twin brother

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* Britton Chance Jr. (1940–2012), yacht designer *

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(born 1944), former acting governor of the State of New Jersey and former president of the New Jersey State Senate, who spends summers here with his family * Guy Gabrielson (1891–1976), politician who served as chairman of the

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from 1949 to 1952, and was a member of the

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from 1925 to 1929 *

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(1961–2013), actor who summered in Mantoloking, both in his childhood and as an adult * Laura Barney Harding (1902–1992), longtime friend of

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(1907–2003), owned a summer home on the Mantoloking oceanfront. Due to a long visit of Hepburn, people referred to it as Hepburn's houseStansfield, Charles A
"Vacationing on the Jersey Shore"
via

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, p. 130,

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, 2004. . Accessed November 12, 2015. *

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, founder of the University of Plano, founder of the Defenders of American Liberties and lecturer *

(1913–1994), former vice president and president of the United States of America who summered here when he was vice president * Jan O'Malley (born 1946), sailor who was named

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three times"Turner Wins Yachting Award"
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'', January 20, 1978. Accessed March 2, 2022. "The occasion was the designation of Ted Turner and Jan Chance O'Malley as yachtsman and yachtswoman of the year.... Mrs. O'Malley of Mantoloking, N.J., disdains ocean racing. preferring the 14‐foot boats that she calls 'fast and sensitive.'" * Edgar White (1929–2014),

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and Olympic champion at the

with Britton Chance and his twin brother

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"Sailing By Chance"
''Motor Boating'', April 1967. Accessed August 3, 2022. "For the Helsinki Games he enlisted a strapping set of twins from Mantoloking, N. J., Edgar and Sumner White, whom he had seen sailing Comets successfully in downbay competition." * Sumner White (1929–1988),

and Olympic champion at the

with Britton Chance and his twin brother

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References

External links

Mantoloking borough website

Point Pleasant Beach School District
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School Data for the Point Pleasant Beach School District

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