Absecon Map
Absecon (pronounced ab-SEE-con) is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 8,411.
What is now the City of Absecon was originally incorporated as a town by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 29, 1872, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township. The City of Absecon was incorporated on March 24, 1902, replacing Absecon town.
Absecon is located at 39°25?49?N 74°30?14?W / 39.43028°N 74.50389°W / 39.43028; -74.50389 (39.430416, -74.503911).
Nearby cities include Egg Harbor City, Ocean City, Mays Landing, Tuckerton, Elwood.