Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Absecon came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Absecon in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Absecon. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Absecon data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Absecon:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)

Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

Absecon is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Absecon in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Absecon for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Absecon. See our Misc Page for Absecon for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Absecon:

Absecon was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)