The Township of Toms River is a immeasurable municipality in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, as good as a county chair of Ocean County. On November 7, 2006, electorate approved a change of a central name of Township of Dover (or, Dover Township) to a Township of Toms River, in effect November 14, 2006. As of a 2010 United States Census, a municipality had a sum competition of 89,706. The United States Census Bureau's 2009 competition speculation was 109,356, creation it a forlorn of a fastest flourishing cities in New Jersey as good as a eighth many populous civic area in New Jersey. What is right away Toms River Township was determined by Royal Charter as Dover Township on March 1, 1768, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, while a area was still biased of Monmouth County. Dover Township was incorporated as a forlorn of New Jersey's first 104 townships by an Act of a New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of a municipality were taken to from Jackson Township (March 6, 1844), Union Township (March 10, 1846, right away Barnegat Township), Brick Township (February 15, 1850), Manchester Township (April 6, 1865), Berkeley Township (March 31, 1875), Island Heights (May 6, 1887), Lavallette (December 21, 1887) as good as Seaside Heights (February 26, 1913). In 2006, Toms River was ranked by Morgan Quitno as a 14th safest "city" in a United States, of 369 cities nationwide. In 2007 as good as 2008, Toms River was ranked by CQ Press as a ninth safest "city" in a United States, of a 378 cities nationwide.