Camden’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Camden. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCamden Township is a township in DeKalb County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 1647. Camden Township was established in 1845, and named after Camden, South Carolina.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,751 to 1,647 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Camden yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Camden’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Camden’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCamden (vicinity), Missouri. A fa…, 1943: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Camden, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Camden (vicinity), Missouri. A farmstead along the right of way on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between … (1943) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.