Atlantic City

Atlantic County · dedicated 1963 · Near Shelburn Hotel sign at U-Turn on eastbound side of Highway 55 feet west of L&P Pole No. A 7119 - about eight feet in from edge of shoulter. This location is 3.2 miles east of the Intersection of U.S. 9 and 30 and one half mile east of the overpass where routes 40 and 322 join. · location approximate

Formerly Abescon Beach. Settled by Jeremiah Leeds about 1783. Became health resort, 1830's. Present name, charter and railroad, 1854.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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