Camden, a city and port of delivery, capital of Camden co., N.J., on the Delaware River, opposite Philadelphia, with which it is connected by several lines of steam ferry. It stands upon nearly level ground, its river-front extending from Cooper's Creek on the N. to Newton Creek on the S., the latter separating it from Gloucester City. Cooper's Creek is navigable beyond the city limits. Camden is a terminus of the Atlantic City, the West Jersey and Seashore and the Pennsylvania (Amboy division) Rs. It is the seat of varied manufactures, having several iron-foundries (among them some of the largest class), boot- and shoe-factories, carriage- and wagon-works, chemical-works, lumber- mills, textile establishments, and manufactures of paints, dyes, fertilizers, machinery, sheet-metal goods, steel pens, shawls, oil-cloths, stoves, etc. It has ship-building yards, dry-docks, and marine railways. Near the city limits is the Camden abattoir. The West Jersey Orphanage is located here. Pop. in 1850, 9478 ; in 1860, 14,358 ; in 1870, 20,045 ; in 1880, 41,659 ; in 1890, 58,313; in 1900, 75,935.
Camden, a city and port of delivery, capital of Camden co., N.J., on the Delaware River, opposite Philadelphia, with which it is connected by several lines of steam ferry. It stands upon nearly level ground, its river-front extending from Cooper's Creek on the N. to Newton Creek on the S., the latter separating it from Gloucester City. Cooper's Creek is navigable beyond the city limits. Camden is a terminus of the Atlantic City, the West Jersey and Seashore and the Pennsylvania (Amboy division) Rs. It is the seat of varied manufactures, having several iron-foundries (among them some of the largest class), boot- and shoe-factories, carriage- and wagon-works, chemical-works, lumber- mills, textile establishments, and manufactures of paints, dyes, fertilizers, machinery, sheet-metal goods, steel pens, shawls, oil-cloths, stoves, etc. It has ship-building yards, dry-docks, and marine railways. Near the city limits is the Camden abattoir. The West Jersey Orphanage is located here. Pop. in 1850, 9478 ; in 1860, 14,358 ; in 1870, 20,045 ; in 1880, 41,659 ; in 1890, 58,313; in 1900, 75,935.
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