Wickatunk is an unincorporated community located within Marlboro Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

It was founded in 1695 by three Scottish servants from the community of Toponemus (no longer in existence in Marlboro Township).

[4] After the initial settlement, the plan in the early 1700s called for a village center with small town lots surrounded by plantations.

[8] In addition to the potatoes, the area was also well known for Stayman and Rome apples - winning state awards[9] and registered Holstein Friesian cattle.

[12][13][14] A central feature of the community for years was the Wickatunk shipping point, part of a single track 12-mile (19 km) railroad line from Matawan to Freehold, New Jersey.

[24] In 1895, seven hundred pilgrimages of the Presbyterian Synod came to the burial ground grave location of the first Pastor of the church (Rev.

[29] In 1901, Robert J. Collier built his summer home in Wickatunk, bought from State Assemblyman John D.

Spanning many farms and properties, the area was also widely used for an annual fox hunt of the "Monmouth County Hounds" which started in East Freehold and ended at the Collier Estate.

Her husband "carried on the business for over a year" before an issue developed which brought a postal inspector who discovered the situation.