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Camden, Camden County

Well-Known Places in Camden

Battleship New Jersey, Adventure Aquarium, Camden Waterfront.

Camden Business Districts

• Camden Waterfront
• Cooper Street Historic District
• University District

Major Employers in Camden

Cooper University Hospital, Rutgers-Camden, Campbell Soup Company, Subaru of America, Lockheed Martin.

About Camden, Camden County

History of Camden

• The land was home to the Lenape people for thousands of years before European settlement began in the 1600s.
• Jacob Cooper laid out a town site in 1773, named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, whose opposition to British taxation made him popular with the colonists; the city incorporated on February 13, 1828.
• Industry boomed at the turn of the 20th century behind the 'big three': the Victor Talking Machine Company (later RCA Victor), Campbell Soup, and New York Shipbuilding.

Landmarks and Places in Camden

• USS New Jersey, the decorated battleship now a museum and memorial on the Delaware River (opened 2001).
• Walt Whitman House on Mickle Street, a National Historic Landmark where Whitman lived until his death in 1892.

The Camden Economy

• The economy shifted from manufacturing to an 'eds and meds' base, with education and health care accounting for roughly 45% of employment.
• Campbell Soup Company remains headquartered in Camden, its founding city.
• Cooper University Hospital and Rutgers University-Camden are anchor institutions and major employers.

Community Life in Camden

• Camden was a hub of recorded-music history through the Victor Talking Machine Company and RCA Victor, famous for the 'His Master's Voice' Nipper the dog trademark.
• The Walt Whitman House and the Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center honor the poet who spent his final years in the city.
• The Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts supports the local arts scene.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, camdenhistory.com, philadelphiaencyclopedia.org