What is Toms River, New Jersey?
'''Toms River, New Jersey''' is a [[Township (New Jersey)|township]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]]. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean County]]. Toms River was originally known as Dover Township. It was called Toms River so much that they voted to officially change the name of the town on November 7, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nee|first=Daniel|date=2017-06-14|title=Toms River Almost Had These Three Other Names|url=https://tomsriver.shorebeat.com/2017/06/toms-river-almost-had-these-three-other-names/|access-date=2022-06-23|website=Toms River, NJ Shorebeat|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{County seats of New Jersey}} {{Ocean County, New Jersey}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Townships in New Jersey]] [[Category:County seats in New Jersey]] [[Category:Ocean County, New Jersey]]