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is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 12,331.
What is now Colts Neck Township was established by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature as
on February 18, 1847, from portions of Freehold Township, Middletown Township and Shrewsbury Township. The name was changed to
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 32.1 square miles (83.1 km²), of which, 31.4 square miles (81.4 km²) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²) of it (2.12%) is water.