The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Camden Township was organized in 1859, and probably named after Camden, New Jersey.
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Start Camden’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Camden’s history is told.
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Camden, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Camden is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Camden has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Young America City Hall in Norwood Young America, 4.9 miles away.
Camden and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Camden
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Young America City Hall’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Camden?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Camden’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.