Quite extensive salt works were at one time located near Absecon Inlet.

[3]Absecon's earliest European settlers were English who earned their living clamming and oystering.

[4][5] In 1695, Thomas Budd purchased 10,000 acres (40 km2) of land in what later became Atlantic County.

He was instrumental in convincing the municipal authorities that a railroad to the beach would be beneficial.

[6] The first beachwalk or "boardwalk" in Atlantic City was completed in 1870 by Simon Luchs Wescoat.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is undertaking a project to construct an approximate $63 million beach and dune system along the 8.1-mile oceanfront of Absecon Island.