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MANAHAWKIN REAL ESTATE 
Mallard Island Bay
Manahawkin is part of Stafford Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey. It is considered the gateway to the resort communities on Long Beach Island, with Route 72 providing the sole road access, ending in Ship Bottom as it crosses Manahawkin Bay via the Manahawkin Bay Bridge.
Manahawkin Lake Stafford
Stafford Township is the gateway to the resort communities on Long Beach Island, with Route 72 providing the sole road access, ending in Ship Bottom as it crosses Manahawkin Bay via the Manahawkin Bay Bridge (formally known as the Dorland J. Henderson Memorial Bridge). The Garden State Parkway and U.S. Route 9 pass through the township and provide access to Route 72.
According to Jack Cervetto's "A Brief History of Stafford Township," before sailing from Staffordshire, England, James Haywood, Perry Paul and Luke Courtney purchased the first tracts of land in what is now Stafford Township in 1735. A few years later, they sailed to the New World and settled the Manhawkin area in 1743.
Local lore has it that the name "Manahawkin" is a Native American word from the Lenni Lanape meaning "good corn land." In 1749, Stafford ran from Oyster Creek in the north to Little Egg Harbor in the south, and from Long Beach Island in the east to Burlington County in the west. Stafford's first government included two commissioners of the highways, one overseer of the poor, one tax assessor, one collector and one constable, all of whom were chosen annually by the populace. The first water operated sawmills in the area were in Manahawkin, Wells Mills and Cedar Bridge. Early commerce in the township also included boat building, farming, oyster harvesting and clamming.
Today, Stafford Township includes Manahawkin, Cedar Run, Mayetta and much of Warren Grove. With large residential sections such as Ocean Acres, Fawn Lakes, and Beach Haven West, it is southern Ocean County's fastest growing community!
Manahawkin Real Estate - Education
For grades K through 6, public school students attend the Stafford Township School District, which serves 2,727 students in Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade. Schools in the district are Ocean Acres School and Oxycocus School, which both serve grades Pre-K to 2, McKinley Avenue School with students in grades 3 and 4, and Stafford Intermediate School serving students in grades 5 and 6.
For grades 7 through 12, public school students attend the Southern Regional Middle School (grades 7 and 8) and Southern Regional High School (grades 9 - 12). These schools are part of the Southern Regional School District, which serves the five municipalities in the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District - Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Long beach Township, Ship Bottom and Surf City - along with students students from Beach Haven and Stafford Township, together with students from Barnegate Township (grades 9 - 12 only) and Ocean Township who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships. The current district population is approximately 4,000 students. Both schools are in the Manahawkin section of the township.
Also seated in Manahawkin is the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES). It is located within a quarter mile of Southern Regional High School. MATES is a comprehensive comprehensive and challenging career high school. It is part of the Ocean County Vocational School District.
Allenhurst - 732-531-1122 · Rumson - 732-224-1500 · Sea Girt - 732-449-0707 · Barnegat Light - 609-494-1776
Beach Haven - 609-492-7277 · Forked River - 609-693-1055 · Little Egg Harbor - 609-296-2015 · Manahawkin - 609-597-6464
Ship Bottom - 609-494-7272 · Point Pleasant Beach - 732-892-2700
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