Camden County, New Jersey Genealogy

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County Courthouse
"Making It Better, Together" Board of Freeholders Camden County Courthouse 520 Market Street Camden, NJ 08102

History
1623: The Dutch of New Netherland intermittently occupied Fort Nassau (now Brooklawn, Camden, New Jersey) starting in 1623.

1664: As part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War New Netherland including West Jersey was surrendered to the English.

1673-1674: A new war broke out and the Dutch sent a large armada to retake New Netherland for a few months. But as the war ended the colony was ceeded to England for the last time.

Parent County

 * Created 13 March 1844 from Gloucester County.

Boundary Changes

 * 1871, Monroe twp. &amp; most of Washington twp. to Gloucester County
 * 1902, part of Waterford twp. to Burlington County
 * 1926, part of Washington twp., Gloucester County added to Gloucester twp. of Camden County
 * 1938, boundary with Atlantic County clarified
 * 1950, part from Gloucester Co.

Populated Places

 * Boroughs: Audubon . Audubon Park . Barrington . Bellmawr . Berlin . Brooklawn . Chesilhurst . Clementon . Collingswood . Gibbsboro . Haddon Heights . Haddonfield . Hi-Nella . Laurel Springs . Lawnside . Lindenwold . Magnolia . Merchantville . Mount Ephraim . Oaklyn . Pine Hill . Pine Valley . Runnemede . Somerdale . Stratford . Tavistock . Woodlynne
 * Cities: Camden . Gloucester
 * Townships: Berlin . Cherry Hill . Gloucester . Haddon . Pennsauken . Voorhees . Waterford . Winslow
 * Communities: Ashland . Barclay-Kingston . Blackwood . Cherry Hill Mall . Echelon . Erial . Erlton-Ellisburg . Glendora . Golden Triangle . Greentree . Kirkwood . Sicklerville . Springdale . West Berlin
 * Historical Townships: Centre . Clementon . Delaware . Newton . Stockton . Union

Neighboring Counties
Atlantic | Burlington | Gloucester | Philadelphia County, Philadelphia

Gazetteers of Places/Localities

 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Camden County (over 900 entries) (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)

Web Sites

 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Camden County
 * The Camden County NJGenWeb Project, an member of The NJGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.