This tiny boro is directly South of Toms River in Ocean County. The photo above is of the Dover Deli, which has stood in South Toms River as long as I can remember.
I have very little information to offer regarding South Toms River as of right now, but I assure you I'll be adding more in the future. Right now I can offer you a small snippet of the 1930 census for the Boro:
| Hse# | Fam# | Last | First | Age | Race | Birthplace | Occ |
| 52 | 55 | Froriep | Robert | 63 | W | Germany | machinist, Lakehurst hangar |
| Helene | 57 | W | Germany | ||||
| 53 | 56 | Kelly | Edward J. | 53 | W | NY | contractor- cement |
| Jessie | 54 | W | NJ | ||||
| Lynn | Vera E. | 15 | W | PA | |||
| Edward J. | 8 | W | PA | ||||
| 54 | 58 | Applegate | Richard P. | 56 | W | NJ | carpenter- Penn. RR |
| Abigial A. | 55 | W | NJ | ||||
| 55 | 59 | Ingram | Fred C. | 59 | W | CT | L??ror United Way Division? |
| Mary E. | 27 | W | NJ | ||||
| 56 | 60 | Yoder | John L. | 51 | W | NJ | merchant- lumber |
| Violet K. | 37 | W | NJ | ||||
| Lester | 17 | W | NJ | ||||
| Violet L. | 14 | W | NJ | ||||
| 57 | 61 | Reeves | Louisa | 74 | W | NJ | |
| Maud | 51 | W | NJ | ||||
| Norman | 49 | W | NJ | ||||
| 58 | 62 | Yoder | Ely R. | 81 | W | PA | realtor |
| 59 | 63 | Green | William H. | 42 | W | NJ | mill hand, sawmill |
| 60 | 64 | Holmes | John | 27 | B | FL | laborer-electrical shop |
| Emma | 23 | B | GA | servant-private home | |||
| Edwards | Governor | 24 | B | GA | laborer-cement | ||
| Anderson | Annie M. | 21 | B | GA | servant-private home | ||
| 62 | 67 | Wells | Alexander | 69 | B | MD | laborer- cement |
| Sophia | 45 | B | MD | Merchant- grocery store | |||
| Wurn | Louis | 49 | B | FL | laborer-American Telephone | ||
| Lee | Willie | 48 | B | FL | laborer-American Telephone | ||
| 64 | 70 | Smith | Vincent J. | 27 | B | SC | cook- private home |
| Johanna O. | 25 | B | MD | ||||
| Edna | 5 | B | OH | ||||
| Gerald | 2 | B | NJ | ||||
| 65 | 71 | Worthy | Otis | 40 | B | GA | laborer- cement |
| Anna | 38 | B | GA | ||||
| Merida | 19 | B | GA | laborer-garage | |||
| 65 | 72 | Ward | James | 38 | B | Africa | cook- private home |
| Mary | 26 | B | VA | ||||
| 66 | 73 | Harvey | Sarah | 46 | B | GA | |
| Smith | Douglas | 21 | B | GA | laborer-construction | ||
| Delia | 19 | B | GA | ||||
| Justice | James | 19 | B | GA | laborer- sand plant | ||
| Lillian | 17 | B | GA | ||||
| McCray | George | 51 | B | GA | |||
| Smith | Otis | 17 | B | GA | |||
| Maddox | Willie M. | 18 | B | GA | laborer- sand plant | ||
| Lonnie | 25 | B | 25 | laborer -Penn RR | |||
| Sankey | 26 | B | GA | laborer- sand plant | |||
| 67 | 79 | Harvey | Thomas | 26 | B | GA | track walker-Penn RR |
| Jennie | 22 | B | VA | ||||
| Thomas Jr | 6 | B | PA | ||||
| Alfred | 5 | B | NJ | ||||
| William | 4 | B | NJ | ||||
| Eleanor | 1 | B | NJ | ||||
You may also wish to check out Manitou Park and Bushwick Village, which are today part of what we call South Toms River.
The following news item appeared in the New Jersey Courier on 26 Jul 1929:
SHOOTING OF NEGROES IS APPARENTLY EXPLAINED
Last week Lonnie Hammond, a South Toms River negro, created some excitment with a story of being fired at from the brush by some unknown assailant. He was found with some six buckshot in his legs. With Hammond was Willie Parker, of North Carolina.
The rest of the story seems to be told by John Hen Witzel, who said he had been missing chickens, and set a gun to guard his roost-and the gun went off. A cap belonging to one boy was found near Witzel's. The tow boys are being held for attempted robbery.
A few weeks later, this article appeared in the 9 Aug 1929 issue of the Courier:
HELD IN $200 FOR PERJURY; DENIED PAST MARRIAGES
Cora Maynor, colored, of South Toms River, who swore she was not married when she and Charles Conway of South Toms River were wed by a Justice of the Peace in that borough, was charged with perjury last Friday before recorder William R. Leary.
It appeared that Cora was married twice previously. Her first husband died but the whereabouts of her second is a mystery. She was held in $200 bail for the grand jury. Effie Smith and Sharles Smith, who were witnesses to the ceremony and acquainted with the previous ceremonies, and Conway the husband, were also held as witnesses.
Later that summer, in the Aug 23 1929 issue, we see this story:
JAILED AFTER ROW
An attempt at revenge is charged by Frank Johnson, negro of South Toms River, against William Smith, who was sentenced to 20 days in the county jail, on a disorderly charge by Recorder William R. Leary yesterday. The quarrel arose originally over liquor which Smith believed Johnson took from him. Smith was committed in default of a $15 fine.