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Toms River Township New Jersey
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TOMS RIVER TOWNSHIP E-HISTORY
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Investigate Local Folklore! provided
courtesy of THE SCROLL,
the newsletter of the Ocean County Historical Society.
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Who has fully realized that history is not contained
in thick books but lives in our very blood? (Carl Jung)
Have a story about Toms
River Township's
past?
Want to see it posted in our Local Folklore section?
E-mail it to us!
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Important Dates in Toms River Township:
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June 24, 1767
Chartered by Act of the Colonial Legislative.
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March 24, 1782
Village of Toms River attacked and burned by the British.
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1782-'83
Revolutionary War peace talks in Paris delayed
due to British attack on Toms River.
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1850
Ocean County established;
Dover Township chosen as County seat.
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1954
Garden State Parkway opened; Dover
Township
divided into eastern and western parts as a result.
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1990
Dover Township
census population reaches 76,371.
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2000
Dover Township
census population reaches 89,706.
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2006
Dover Township name changed to Toms River Township.
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List of Toms
River Township Committee and Council members 1895 - Current.
Toms River
Township
Historic Preservation Commission
- Eileen Wilkinson -
Chairperson
- P. David Correll
- David Cottrell
- Herbert Germann
- L. Manuel Hirshblond
- Mary Ellen Hudson
- Judy Leone
- Judith Murphy
- Caroll
Murray
- J. Mark Mutter
Please contact the Toms River Township Mayor's Office for meeting dates. The
Commission meets at 7:00 p.m. at the Toms
River Township Municipal
Building, 33
Washington Street, Toms
River, NJ.
Toms River Township Historian
J Mark Mutter, Esq.
If you have important or interesting information about Toms
River Township
history, contact us at 33 Washington Street,
Toms River, New Jersey or email us.
For more information, contact:
Ocean County Historical Society
26 Hadley Avenue Box 2191
Toms River, NJ 08754
(732) 341-1880
