The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Camden Township.
Camden Township was organized in 1859, and probably named after Camden, New Jersey.
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History · Camden Township
Camden Township’s post office opened in 1858, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1860.
1858first post office
0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Camden Township began
When was Camden Township founded?
1858
The Camden Township post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Camden (1858), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 100 in 18602020 census: 924168 years
Founding year: the first Camden Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Camden Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Camden Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Camden Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.People over time
Camden Township, census by census
Peaked at 1,533 in 1900; 924 people lived here in 2020.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Camden Township’s Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Camden Township, 1858 to 1957
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Camden Township on the map, 1957 to 1981
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Camden Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1957Waconia sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Camden Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Camden, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Gone or out of use
Ziermann Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Camden Township
Crow River / Saint Paul's LutheranSaint Mark
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
New GermanyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBergen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMayerIts storyC−Young America TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHollywood TownshipIts storyB−Waconia Township1 historic placeA
Questions about Camden Township’s history
What year was Camden Township founded?
The Camden Township post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.