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|subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Ocean |government_footnotes = 〔 |government_type = Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) |governing_body = Township Council |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Thomas F. Kelaher (term ends December 31, 2015)〔(2015 New Jersey Mayors Directory ), New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, as of October 20, 2015. Accessed November 15, 2015.〕 |leader_title1 = Administrator |leader_name1 = Paul J. Shives〔(Administration ), Township of Toms River. Accessed July 11, 2012.〕 |leader_title2 = Clerk |leader_name2 = J. Mark Mutter〔(Clerk's Office ), Township of Toms River. Accessed July 11, 2012.〕 |established_title = Royal charter |established_date = March 1, 1768 (as Dover Township) |established_title2 = Incorporated |established_date2 = February 21, 1798 |established_title3 = Renamed |established_date3 = November 14, 2006 (as Toms River Township) |area_footnotes = 〔(2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 136.969 |area_land_km2 = 104.863 |area_water_km2 = 32.105 |area_total_sq_mi = 52.884 |area_land_sq_mi = 40.488 |area_water_sq_mi = 12.396 |area_water_percent = 23.44 |area_rank = 32nd of 566 in state 7th of 33 in county〔 |population_as_of = 2010 Census |population_footnotes = 〔("DataUniverse - 2010 Census Populations: Ocean County" ), ''Asbury Park Press''. Accessed January 2, 2013.〕〔(DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Toms River township, Ocean County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 15, 2012.〕〔〔(Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Toms River township ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed February 15, 2012.〕 |population_total = 91239 |population_rank = 8th of 566 in state 2nd of 33 in county〔(GCT-PH1 Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 2, 2013.〕 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = 2253.5 |population_density_rank = 270th of 566 in state 14th of 33 in county〔 |population_est = 91250 |pop_est_as_of = 2014 |pop_est_footnotes = 〔 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT) |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = 〔, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 14, 2013.〕 |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 26 |coordinates_type = region:US_type:city |coordinates_region = US-NJ |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_footnotes = 〔〔(US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |latd = 39.994314 |longd = -74.166214 |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 08753-08757〔(Look Up a ZIP Code for Toms River, NJ ), United States Postal Service. Accessed February 15, 2012.〕〔(Zip Codes ), State of New Jersey. Accessed September 18, 2013.〕 |area_code = 732/848〔(Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Toms River, NJ ), Area-Codes.com. Accessed September 18, 2013.〕 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 3402973125〔〔(American FactFinder ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕〔(A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey ), Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed January 2, 2013.〕 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0882074〔〔(US Board on Geographic Names ), United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |website = |footnotes = }} Toms River is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, and the county seat of Ocean County.〔(Find a County ), National Association of Counties. Accessed January 25, 2015.〕〔(Ocean County, NJ ), National Association of Counties. Accessed January 21, 2013.〕 On November 7, 2006, voters approved a change of the official name from the Township of Dover (or, Dover Township) to the Township of Toms River, effective November 14, 2006. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a total population of 91,239,〔〔〔 with the township ranking as the 8th-most-populous municipality in the state in 2010 (after having been ranked 7th in 2000) and the second most-populous municipality in Ocean County (behind Lakewood Township, which had a population of 92,843).〔(The Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships in 2010 in New Jersey: 2000 and 2010 ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 15, 2012.〕 The 2010 population increased by 1,533 (+1.7%) from the 89,706 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 13,335 (+17.5%) from the 76,371 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed July 11, 2012.〕 What is now Toms River Township was established by Royal charter as Dover Township on March 1, 1768, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, while the area was still part of Monmouth County. Dover Township was incorporated as one of New Jersey's first 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken to form Jackson Township (March 6, 1844), Union Township (March 10, 1846, now 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) and Seaside Heights (February 26, 1913).〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 202. Accessed February 15, 2012.〕〔Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. (''Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896-1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period'' ), p. 124. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed October 12, 2015.〕 The township's original name was for Dover, England, and was changed to Toms River in Township based on a referendum passed in 2006.〔Urgo, Jacqueline L. ("Goodbye, Dover; hello, Toms River Voters decided to redub the township with the name everyone knows." ), ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', November 10, 2006. Accessed October 12, 2015. "The king of England named the Ocean County town Dover 239 years ago, but the pioneer name Toms River is the one that stuck.... Even though the king changed the name in 1767 to Dover, residents continued calling the place Toms River - perhaps in protest - dropping the apostrophe by the 1850s."〕 In 2006, Toms River was ranked by Morgan Quitno Press as the 15th safest city in the United States, of 369 cities nationwide.〔(Morgan Quitno 12th Annual Safest (and Most Dangerous) Cities: Top and Bottom 25 Cities Overall ), Morgan Quitno Press, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 4, 2006. Accessed November 26, 2014. Listed as Dover Township, NJ.〕 In 2007, Toms River was again ranked as the 14th-safest city in the United States of 371 cities nationwide.〔(13th Annual America's Safest (and Most Dangerous) Cities: Top and Bottom 25 Cities Overall ), Morgan Quitno Press, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 5, 2007. Accessed November 26, 2014. Listed as Dover, NJ.〕 Toms River can be seen in various TV and news media including MTV's ''Made'' and ''Jersey Shore'' (seasons 1,3,and 5), HBO's ''Boardwalk Empire'' and the original ''The Amityville Horror'' movie. In 1998, Toms River East Little League won the Little League World Series. The township has what is said to be the second-largest Halloween parade in the world.〔Michels, Chelsea. ("Toms River fire company publicizes details of annual Halloween parade" ), ''Asbury Park Press'', October 1, 2009. Accessed January 10, 2010. "It might not be in the Guinness World Records but organizers for the township's annual parade claim it is the second largest of its kind."〕 == History == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toms River, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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