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
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Camden was platted in 1838. The community most likely was named after a family of early settlers. Camden was a Missouri River boat stop until the early 1900s, when the Missouri River's Camden bend was cut off after major river flooding, moving the new channel south. A post office called Camden began operation in 1838, but closed in the early 2000s.
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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+10Famous people from Camden
See all 1 →Camden, decade by decade
1990s
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 New Hope Primitive Baptist Church in Camden, 3.7 miles away.
Camden and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
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.