Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Jackson Township was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6 , 1844 , from portions of Dover Township ( now Toms River Township ) , Freehold Township and Upper Freehold Township , while the area was still part of Monmouth County , New Jersey .
Simplified: Jackson Township is a township in Ocean County , New Jersey , United States .