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Australia

  • Camden, New South Wales
    Camden, New South Wales
    -Education:Camden is the location of research facilities for the veterinary and agricultural schools of the University of Sydney. The local government area has two public high schools, Camden High School and Elderslie High School, as well as eight Catholic and three Anglican schools.-Culture:The...

    • Camden Council (New South Wales)
    • Electoral district of Camden
      Electoral district of Camden
      Camden is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's south-west. It is currently represented by Chris Patterson of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:...


England

  • London Borough of Camden
    London Borough of Camden
    In 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough were already developed and had a total population of 96,795. This continued to rise swiftly throughout the 19th century, as the district became built up; reaching 270,197 in the middle of the century...

    • Camden Town
      Camden Town
      -Economy:In recent years, entertainment-related businesses and a Holiday Inn have moved into the area. A number of retail and food chain outlets have replaced independent shops driven out by high rents and redevelopment. Restaurants have thrived, with the variety of culinary traditions found in...

      , an area in the borough
  • Camden School for Girls
    Camden School for Girls
    The Camden School for Girls is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, with a co-educational sixth form, in the London Borough of Camden in North London. It has about one thousand students of ages eleven to eighteen, and specialist-school status as a Music College...


United States

  • Camden, Alabama
    Camden, Alabama
    Camden is a city in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States. The population was 2,257 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town.-Geography:Camden is located at ....

  • Camden, Arkansas
    Camden, Arkansas
    Camden is a city in and the county seat of Ouachita County in the southern part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Long an area of American Indians villages, the French also made a permanent settlement here because of its advantageous location above the Ouachita River. According to 2007 Census...

  • Camden, California (disambiguation)
    • Camden, Fresno County, California
      Camden, Fresno County, California
      Camden is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located east of Riverdale, at an elevation of 236 feet .A post office operataed at Camden from 1903 to 1904....

    • Camden, Sacramento County, California
  • Camden, Delaware
    Camden, Delaware
    Camden is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,464 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Camden is located at ....

  • Camden, Illinois
    Camden, Illinois
    Camden is a village in Schuyler County, Illinois, United States. The population was 97 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Camden is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

  • Camden, Indiana
    Camden, Indiana
    Camden is a town in Jackson Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. The population was 611 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Camden, Maine
    Camden, Maine
    Camden is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,254 at the 2000 census. The population of the town more than triples during the summer months, due to tourists and summer residents. Camden is a famous summer colony in the Mid-Coast region of Maine...

  • Camden, Michigan
    Camden, Michigan
    Camden is a village in Camden Township, Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 550 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...

  • Camden, Minneapolis
    Camden, Minneapolis
    Camden is a community in Minneapolis, covering the upper half of the north side. Its boundaries are 53rd Avenue North to the north, the Mississippi River to the east, Lowry Avenue North to the south, and Xerxes Avenue North to the west. The community is composed of seven smaller neighborhoods...

  • Camden, Missouri
    Camden, Missouri
    Camden is a city in Ray County, Missouri, United States. The population was 191 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Camden is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Camden, New Jersey
    Camden, New Jersey
    The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...

  • Camden (town), New York
    Camden (town), New York
    Camden is a town in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 5,028 at the 2000 census.The town of Camden contains a village also called Camden. The town is in the northwest part of Oneida County and is northwest of the City of Rome.- History :...

    • Camden (village), New York
      Camden (village), New York
      Camden is a village in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 2,330 at the 2000 census.The Village of Camden is located inside the Town of Camden at the crossing of Routes NY-13 and NY-69.-History:The W.H...

  • Camden, North Carolina
    Camden, North Carolina
    Camden is the county seat of the consolidated city-county of Camden County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located on the eastern banks of the Pasquotank River, across from which lies Elizabeth City. It currently has two traffic lights, and is centered at the intersection of U.S....

  • Camden, Ohio
    Camden, Ohio
    Camden is a village in Preble County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,302 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area...

    , in Preble County
  • Camden, South Carolina
    Camden, South Carolina
    Camden is the fourth oldest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina and is also the county seat of Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States. The population was an estimated 7,103 in 2009...

    • The Battle of Camden
      Battle of Camden
      The Battle of Camden was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War...

      , an engagement during the American Revolutionary War
    • Camden (Amtrak station)
      Camden (Amtrak station)
      The Seaboard Air Line Railroad Depot is an Amtrak train station in Camden, South Carolina. It is located on 1100 West DeKalb Street , although some give the address as being at 1060 West DeKalb Street. Either way, it was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000...

  • Camden, Tennessee
    Camden, Tennessee
    Camden is a city in Benton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 3,828 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Benton County.-Geography:Camden is positioned at...

  • Camden, Texas
    Camden, Texas
    Camden is an unincorporated community in east central Polk County, Texas, United States. It is located at the junction of Farm to Market Roads 942 and 62, eighty miles northwest of Beaumont. As of the year 2000, the community had approximately 1,200 residents....


People

  • Marquess Camden
    Marquess Camden
    Marquess Camden is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1812 for the politician John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden. The Pratt family descends from Sir John Pratt, Lord Chief Justice from 1718 to 1725. His third son from his second marriage, Sir Charles Pratt, was also a...

  • Archie Camden
    Archie Camden
    Archie Camden was a British bassoonist; he was a pedagogue and soloist of international acclaim. His career began in 1906 when he joined the Hallé Orchestra where he became principal bassoonist in 1914. In 1933 he moved to the BBC Symphony Orchestra, where he stayed until 1946 when he took up...

     (1888–1979), British bassoonist
  • Johnson N. Camden
    Johnson N. Camden
    Johnson Newlon Camden was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Collins Settlement, Virginia , he attended school in Sutton. He was appointed as a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1846 until 1848, when he resigned...

     (1828-1908), American politician
  • Johnson N. Camden, Jr.
    Johnson N. Camden, Jr.
    Johnson Newlon Camden, Jr. was a United States Senator from Kentucky. His father, Johnson N. Camden, had been a U.S. Senator from West Virginia.Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Camden Jr...

     (1865-1942), American politician
  • Peter G. Camden
    Peter G. Camden
    Peter G. Camden was the ninth mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri serving from 1846 - 1847. He was a member of the American Party.-References:...

     (1801-1873), mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
  • William Camden
    William Camden
    William Camden was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and officer of arms. He wrote the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England.- Early years :Camden was born in London...

     (1551-1623), English historian

Fictional

  • The Camdens, a family in the television drama 7th Heaven that ran from 1996 to 2007.
  • Camden College (fictional college), fictional liberal arts college which appears in the works of Bret Easton Ellis, Jill Eisenstadt and Jonathan Letham

U.S. Navy vessels

  • USS Camden (AS-6), formerly the SS Kiel, served as a submarine tender from 1919-1931, then as a barracks ship during World War II
  • USS Camden (AOE-2)
    USS Camden (AOE-2)
    The USS Camden is the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Camden, New Jersey that lies on the Delaware River across from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

    , fast combat support ship from 1967-2005

See also

  • Camden County (disambiguation)
  • Camden Township (disambiguation)
  • Oriole Park at Camden Yards
    Oriole Park at Camden Yards
    Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a Major League Baseball ballpark located in Baltimore, Maryland. Home field of the Baltimore Orioles, it is the first of the "retro" major league ballparks constructed during the 1990s and early 2000s, and remains one of the most highly praised. The park was...

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