Camden County, New Jersey

Founding: 1844
Parent county: Gloucester

Namesake: The city of Camden
Seat: Camden (1844–)

Land area: 221 square miles

Population (2020): 523,485

Population (historic): 25,442 (1850); 46,193 (1870); 87,687 (1890); 142,029 (1910); 252,312 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; 27 boroughs; 11 CDPs; eight townships

National Register listings: 99

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 37,944 (18.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 27.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,917
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,656
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,035
Average farm size (1920): 38.1 acres
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Camden

Namesake: Charles Pratt, English politician

Founding: 1773 (platting); 1828 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 71,791

Population (historic): 3,371 (1840); 14,358 (1860); 41,659 (1880); 75,935 (1900); 118,700 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1930; 1940s; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,884 (37.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *John Hinchman House (c. 1699). 1019 North Park Avenue. Centre.
2. *Joseph Cooper House (1828). 209 Barclay Lane. Delaware. Federal.
3. *Samuel Coles House (1743). 1743 Old Cuthbert Road. Delaware.
4. *Colestown Cemetery Gatehouse (1858). 100 North Kings Highway. Delaware. Italianate.
5. *Gabreil Daveis Tavern (1756). 500 3rd Avenue. Gloucester.
6. *Isaac Tomlinson House (c. 1844). 834 Blackwood–Clementon Road. Gloucester.
7. *Ephraim Tomlinson House (1844). 710 West Laurel Road. Gloucester. Greek Revival.
8. Richard Collings House (1824–1827). 500 Collings Avenue. Haddon. Federal.
9. *Burrough House (c. 1710/1793). 9201 Burrough–Dover Lane. Pennsauken.
10. *Griffith Morgan House (c. 1693). 234 Griffith Morgan Lane. Pennsauken.