Absecon
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city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Atlantic
- Incorporated
- February 29, 1872 (as town)
- Reincorporated
- March 24, 1902 (as city)
- Named after
- Absegami Native Americans
- Type
- City
- Body
- City Council
- Mayor
- Gage E. Winrar ( R , term ends December 31, 2028)
- Municipal clerk
- Carie A. Crone
- Total
- 7.22 sq mi (18.69 km )
- Land
- 5.53 sq mi (14.33 km )
- Water
- 1.68 sq mi (4.36 km ) 24.22%
- Rank
- 241st of 565 in state, 17th of 23 in county
- Elevation
- 3 ft (0.91 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 9,130
- Density
- 1,671/sq mi (645/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
City of Absecon - Home
abseconnj.gov →Link to the official site · 10,008 chars · not written by Vinony
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Encyclopedic overview
Absecon (/æbˈsiːkɪn/, ab-SEE-kin) is a city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 9,137, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 726 (+8.6%) from the 2010 census count of 8,411, which in turn reflected an increase of 773 (+10.1%) from the 7,638 counted in the 2000 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Absecon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.