Editing Tinton Falls, New Jersey (section)

===Separation from Shrewsbury Township===
In 1693, Tinton Manor and the surrounding lands were defined as part of Shrewsbury Township. At this time, Shrewsbury included all of the land in eastern Monmouth County, but lost land due to the creation of a large number of new municipalities over the years, including the borough of Shrewsbury in 1926. In July 1950, Tinton Falls and Wayside left Shrewsbury Township, renaming themselves the Borough of New Shrewsbury. To avoid postal confusion and mix-ups with the surrounding borough and township of Shrewsbury, the residents of New Shrewsbury voted to rename the community as "The Borough of Tinton Falls" in 1975.<ref>{{cite book|title=Know Your Town: Tinton Falls|year=1998|publisher=The League of Women Voters, Greater Red Bank Area|author=Edmund Constantini}}</ref><ref>Phalon, Richard. [https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/20/archives/towns-act-to-end-a-mixup-on-names-towns-seek-to-end-mixup-over.html "Towns Act to End A Mixup on Names; Towns Seek to End Mixup Over Towns"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 20, 1975. Accessed October 28, 2013. "What's in a name? Confusion, if you happen to live in the Monmouth County community of New Shrewsbury (as distinguished from neighboring Shrewsbury Township and the Borough of Shrewsbury) or in the Ocean County community of Dover Township (as distinguished from, Dover, which is in Morris County, well to the north)."</ref>