Camden, New Jersey, USA
1854 - Camden

Camden, a city, port of delivery, and seat of justice of Camden county, New Jersey, is situated on a plain on the left bank of the Delaware river, immediately opposite to Philadelphia, with which it is connected by means of 5 steam ferries. By railroad it is 32 miles S. S. W. from Trenton ; 87 miles S. W. from New York, and 9 miles N. from Woodbury. The Absecom railroad, extending from this place to Absecom Beach, is now (1853) nearly completed. The city is regularly laid out with streets intersecting each other at right angles, and contains many fine dwellings, especially in the north ward. The public buildings are a court house, recently erected, a bank, 2 extensive railroad depots, and 10 churches, viz. 2 Episcopal, 2 Presbyterian, 2 Baptist, 2 Methodist, and 2 Friends. The court house, in which are apartments occupied as a jail, is a roughcast edifice with iron columns. In Camden there are 2 literary associations and a mutual insurance company ; also 3 saw mills, 2 iron foundries. 1 paper, 1 rolling, 1 drug, and 1 grist mill, besides chemical and glass works, and a ship-yard. Three papers are issued. Gas light was first introduced about the commencement of the present year. The shipping of this port, June 30, 1852, was 17,448 tons. The city was chartered in 1831, and is divided into three wards, governed by a mayor and common council. In consequence of its proximity to Philadelphia, this city within a few years past has increased rapidly in population. In 1840, Camden contained only 3371 inhabitants; in 1850, 9479.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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