Place:Camden-on-Gauley, Webster, West Virginia, United States

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NameCamden-on-Gauley
Alt namesCamden On Gauleysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Lanes Bottomsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS54003111
TypeTown
Coordinates38.369°N 80.596°W
Located inWebster, West Virginia, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Blacks Chapel Cemetery
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Camden-on-Gauley is a town in Webster County, West Virginia, United States, along the Gauley River. The population was 126 at the 2020 census.[1]

The town derives its name from Johnson N. Camden, a senator who was the proprietor of several businesses on the nearby Gauley River. The town was originally called Lanes Bottom, but was changed to Camden-on-Gauley when incorporated in 1904.

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