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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 the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was 523,485, an increase of 9,828 (1.9%) from the 2010 Census, making it the state's 8th-largest county,[1] Its county seat is Camden. The most populous place was Cherry Hill Township with 74,553 residents at the time of the 2020 Census, while Winslow Township covered , the largest total area of any municipality.[2]
The county was formed on March 13, 1844, from portions of Gloucester County. The county was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a British judge, civil libertarian, and defender of the American cause. Camden County is part of the Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD / Delaware Valley Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 25,422
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| 1860 | 34,457
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| 1870 | 46,193
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| 1880 | 62,942
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| 1890 | 87,687
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| 1900 | 107,643
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| 1910 | 142,029
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| 1920 | 190,508
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| 1930 | 252,312
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| 1940 | 255,727
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| 1950 | 300,743
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| 1960 | 392,035
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| 1970 | 456,291
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| 1980 | 471,650
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| 1990 | 502,824
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Camden County, New Jersey, United States
Research Tips
External links
www.co.camden.nj.us/
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