“MANASQUAN ART + MUSIC FESTIVAL”
(“Manasquan” is a borough in ‘Monmouth County’, ‘New Jersey’, ‘United States’)
(as of the ‘2010 United States Census’, the borough’s population was 5,897, reflecting a decline of 413 (-6.5%) from the 6,310 counted in the ‘2000 Census’, which had in turn increased by 941 (+17.5%) from the 5,369 counted in the ‘1990 Census’)
(the borough’s name is of Lenape origin, variously described as deriving from “Man-A-Squaw-Han” meaning “stream of the island of squaws”, “an island with enclosure for squans”, “island door”, or “point” / “top”)
(‘Manasquan’, ‘Maniquan’, ‘Mannisquan’, ‘Manasquam’, ‘Squan’, and ‘Squan Village’ are variations on the original pronunciation and spelling)
(‘Manasquan’ was formed as a borough by an act of the ‘New Jersey Legislature’ on 30 december 1887, from portions of ‘Wall Township’, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day)
(“New Jersey Monthly” magazine ranked ‘Manasquan’ as its 22nd best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the “Best Places To Live” in ‘New Jersey’)