Today I offer a montage of Colts Neck NJ agricultural images in the hopes of convincing you to purchase a Colts Neck home for sale. My family and I settled in Colts Neck during the mid 1990′s.  The first native Necker I met asked me if I were a two-bridger.

“You know, did you take two bridges to get here?  First the Verrazano Narrows Bridge from Brooklyn to Staten Island and then the Outerbridge to Colts Neck?”

colts neck barn

One of my clients who relocated to Colts Neck from Staten Island called me up: “You never told me I couldn’t buy beer or a paper past ten o’clock!” Oops. Now you know, my friend — and that Colts Neck house you bought is the best investment you made.

Lost amongst the McMansions and the down-low celebrities still beats a rural heart in Colts Neck. But you have to dig deep down into the clay, Colts Neck soil that one farmer described to me as “gorilla snot.”

colts neck farm in winter

Fertile, indeed.  No New Yawker should be deterred from growing their own tomatoes or peppers.  The good earth, God and sunshine will do the heavy nurturing. Your job is to occasionally water.

Even the name “Colts Neck” is relatively new. The original non-de-plume of the town is Atlantic Township, chartered in 1847.

The town is rich with Colonial history; dotted along the landscape are reminders of our agricultural roots.  Mr. William Laird, a Scot who found himself in New Jersey, started mashing his applejack in 1698.  Today, the Laird’s distillery continues to produce alcohol and spirits and distributes around the globe.

colts neck barn and silo

The land is still farmed in Colts Neck yet the expense of the dirt (i.e. buildable Colts Neck lots and parcels) often requires the private farmer to lease the land for crops. Two farm stands remain and I await each Spring with trepidation: Will they re-open for business?

Colts Neck secures its agrarian tradition through Farmland Preservation. The township raises a bond to purchase the development rights of horse farms and open tracts, thereby retaining the rural allure.  The majority of Colts Neck residents support Farmland Preservation because the strategy removes existing acreage from the supply of single-family homes.  Scarcity offers economic benefit to existing Colts Neck homeowners.

In the late 1700′s the community received its education in a one-room schoolhouse at the bottom of Montrose Road.  The Montrose School is fixed frozen in time. Some say they hear the romping of children behind the modest clapboard building on early Saturday mornings.

montrose school colts neck nj

If you are interested in Colts Neck real estate for sale, kindly call me.  Be fair-warned, I’m a frustrated History teacher and I’ll probably talk your ears of corn off.

Interested in Colts Neck real estate or Colts Neck homes for sale?  Call Andrew today at (732) 580-0822 or E-MAIL ANDREW

Andrew J. Lenza, ABR GRI MBA 
Branch Vice President & Broker Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker
864 Highway 35, Middletown New Jersey 07748
Office (732) 671-1000 and Mobile (732) 580-0822