1960 South Ocean Blvd

1960 South Ocean Blvd, Manalapan, FL 33462

If you want to find Manalapan, you’ll have to zoom in pretty far on Google maps. No, even farther. Actually, it’s probably easier just to tell you that this tiny municipality takes up the bottom third of the (itself very tiny) Hypoluxo Island in Lake Worth Lagoon and a slice of the barrier island, and that the two parts are connected only by water. But water is the thing in Manalapan; it makes up more than 80 percent of the town area. Manalapan is sited as an old waterfront fort might have been 400 years ago, and today it takes advantage of its natural defensive location. While the rest of South Florida grows at incredible rates, Manalapan has kept development at a minimum and has plowed tax revenue into a responsive local government, police, and fire services. Which, when you consider that the entire town is smaller than most Florida HOAs, isn’t surprising.