Mantoloking is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States (pronounced most-commonly with a silent t as "man-uh-LOW-king" but sometimes still "man-tah-LOW-king"). As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough had a total population of 296. The borough has an estimated summer population of approximately 5,000. Mantoloking is the wealthiest community in the state of New Jersey and is ranked as the 15th highest-income place in the United States.Mantoloking was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 10, 1911, from portions of Brick Township.Mantoloking is a Jersey Shore community situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. 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. Many houses in Mantoloking are of the Shingle Style and seashore colonial designs with cedar shakes and white trim; popular in places like Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Newport. In fact, a few old "summer cottages" in town were designed by world-renowned architect Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White fame. Together with Bay Head to the north, Mantoloking is considered part of the Jersey Shore's "Gold Coast".The name Mantoloking is derived from the language of the Lenni Lenape Indians who once inhabited New Jersey. Various meanings have been attributed to the community's name including "frog ground", "sandy place", and "land of beautiful sunsets".
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