Camden County, North Carolina

Founding: 1777
Parent county: Pasquotank

Namesake: Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden
Seat: Camden (1782–)

Land area: 241 square miles

Population (2020): 10,355

Population (historic): 4,022 (1790); 6,733 (1830); 5,361 (1870); 5,474 (1900); 5,461 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840s; 1860–1880; 1900s; 1920s; 1950s; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: Two CDPs; three townships

National Register listings: 10

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 309 (7.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $785
Average outbuilding value (1930): $470
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 875
Average farm size (1920): 40.4 acres
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Camden

Namesake: Camden County

Founding: 1782 (founding as Jonesboro); 1826 (post office)

Population (2020): 620

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 13 (4.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Caleb Grandy House (c. 1787). 191 Lamb's Road.
2. *William Abbott House (c. 1850). 179 Nosay Road. Greek Revival.
3. *Milford / John Ivey House (1746). 154 Shipyard Road.