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Colts Neck
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Located in the center of Monmouth County, Colts Neck has retained much of its rural character throughout the years. Originally incorporated as Atlantic Township in 1847, the name of the township was changed to Colts Neck in 1963.
A longtime farming community, Colts Neck was once the location of the North American Phalanx (1844-55), a productive utopian agricultural settlement. It still remains the location of Laird & Co., a commercial distillery since 1851, famous for an applejack recipe developed in 1698.
Colts Neck is also the location of Naval Weapons Station Earle, which was first commissioned in 1943.
Population: 12,331
Area: 31.7 square miles
Municipal Building:
Cedar Drive, 462-5470
Mayor: Thomas Hennessy (R)
409-6080
Township Committee:
Lillian Burry (R)
Kenneth Florek
(R)
Benjamin Forester (R)
James Stuart (R)
Committee Meetings:
Second and last Wednesdays at 8
p.m.
Township Administrator/Clerk: Robert Bowden
462-5470
2002 Tax Rate per $100: $2.690
Emergencies: 911
First aid:
462-4343
Fire: 462-4343
Police:
462-4343
Public Library:
Cedar Drive
431-5656
Recreation Department:
780-6666
Senior Club:
462-4429
Post Office: 07722
30 Route 34
462-3935
Board of Education:
946-4066
Superintendent of Schools:
Dr. Gregg
Hauser
946-0055
SCHOOLS
Grades K-4
Conover Road
School
946-8097
Grades 5-8
Cedar Drive
School
462-1156
Grades 9-12
Freehold Regional
High School District
Colts Neck H.S.
Route 537 and Five Points
Rd.
761-0190
Recycling: newspaper, mixed paper, cardboard, glass,
plastic, aluminum twice a month
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