Camden County, North Carolina

administration
Camden County Courthouse (1940), listed on the NRHP with number 72000928
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Camden
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 117 North NC 343 Camden, NC 27921-0190
Foundation :	1777
Made up from:	Pasquotank County
Area code :	001 252
Demographics
Residents :	6885 (2000)
Population density :	11 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	792 km²
Water surface :	168 km²
map

Website : www.camdencountync.gov

Camden County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Camden .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northeast of North Carolina, borders Virginia in the north , is about 30 km from the Atlantic Ocean in the east and has an area of 792 square kilometers, of which 168 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Currituck County , Tyrrell County , Pasquotank County, and Gates County .

Camden County is divided into three townships : Courthouse, Shiloh, and South Mills.

history

Camden County was formed on April 8, 1777 from parts of Pasquotank County. It was named, like the district capital Camden, after Sir Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden , a supporter and promoter of the American colonists before the American Revolutionary War . The county was the site of the Battle of South Mills on April 19, 1862 as part of the American Civil War .

Seven buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 23, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	4033	-
1800	4191	3.9%
1810	5347	27.6%
1820	6347	18.7%
1830	6733	6.1%
1840	5663	-15.9%
1850	6049	6.8%
1860	5343	-11.7%
1870	5361	0.3%
1880	6274	17%
1890	5667	-9.7%
1900	5474	-3.4%
1910	5640	3%
1920	5382	-4.6%
1930	5461	1.5%
1940	5440	-0.4%
1950	5223	-4%
1960	5598	7.2%
1970	5453	-2.6%
1980	5829	6.9%
1990	5904	1.3%
2000	6885	16.6%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Camden County's population was 6,885 as of the 2000 census . 4 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 2,662 households and 2,023 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 80.62 percent white, 17.27 percent African American, 0.42 percent Native American, 0.57 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.13 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.96 percent are descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.71 percent of the population.

Of the 2,662 households, 31.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 62.2 percent of these were married couples living together, 9.4 percent were single mothers and 24.0 percent were non-families. 20.7 percent were single households and 9.5 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.97 people.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.2 percent between 45 and 64, and 13.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 96.9 men of the same age group.

The median income for a household (median) was 39 493 US $ , and the median income for a family $ 45,387. Males had a median income of $ 36,274 and females $ 24,875. The per capita income was $ 18,681. 10.1 percent of the population and 7.9 percent of families are below the poverty line. 12.6 percent of them are children and young people under the age of 18 and 20.3 percent are 65 years of age or older.

Web links

Commons : Camden County, North Carolina - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 1026335. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 42 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 23, 2018.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
^ Camden County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

36.34 -76.16Coordinates: 36 ° 20 ′ N , 76 ° 10 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 1026335. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 42 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 23, 2018.

[5] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[6] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011

[7] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011

[8] Camden County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .