Aserdaten is an unincorporated community and ghost town located within Lacey Township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

[1][2] The former community is located within the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area, surrounded by the densely forested Pine Barrens.

[3] In 1893, Aserdaten was noted by the United States Geological Survey as a "village in Lacey Township".

[4] A forest fire watch tower, the Cedar Bridge Lookout Tower, was located in "the remote area of Aserdaten" until 1983.

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