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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Camden County is a county located in Central Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 44,002. Its county seat is Camdenton. The county was organized January 29, 1841 as Kinderhook County and renamed in 1843 for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Chancellor of England, and leader of the Whig Party.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1841 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1849 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1902 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1902 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1902 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 2,338
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| 1860 | 4,975
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| 1870 | 6,108
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| 1880 | 7,266
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| 1890 | 10,040
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| 1900 | 13,113
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| 1910 | 11,582
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| 1920 | 10,474
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| 1930 | 9,142
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| 1940 | 8,971
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| 1950 | 7,861
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| 1960 | 9,116
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| 1970 | 13,315
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| 1980 | 20,017
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| 1990 | 27,495
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~mocamden/page1.htm
There is a Goodspeed's local history for this county, written in 1889, available free and searchable at:
[1]
Searchable death certificates, with images, for deaths between 1910 and 1957, are available free online at [2]
Searchable birth and death records for pre-1910 births/stillbirths/deaths are available free online at [3]
Both of the above databases are from the Missouri State Archives.
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