About Camden, Tennessee

Camden is a city of 3,674 people and the county seat of Benton County. It grew from a stop on the stagecoach road between Nashville and Memphis, where a post office called Tranquility stood about a mile west of today's town. After the legislature created Benton County in 1835, its commissioners met at Samuel H. Burton's house near that post office and organized the county on February 7, 1836.

That same year the county seat was laid out on high ground above Cane Creek, which feeds the Tennessee River. It was named for Camden, South Carolina, where a Revolutionary War battle had been fought, and it was incorporated as a city in 1838. Once the railroad was finished, a small village called South Camden grew up around the depot, about half a mile south of town.

  • First settlers about 1819Willis and Dennis Rushing made the county's first settlement about 1819, by Rushing Creek north of where Camden stands. A year later Nicholas and Lewis Brewer settled on Ramble Creek. Over the next four or five years settlers came quickly from Hickman, Stewart and other counties east of the Tennessee River, and Lewis Brewer was later one of the five commissioners who organized the county.
  • People here 7000 years agoNative Americans lived around Camden during the Archaic period, which ran from 8000 to 1000 BC. At nearby Eva, archaeologists dug up signs that people lived in semi-permanent homes there 7000 years ago. That site now lies under Kentucky Lake.
  • A circuit rider in 1824Benjamin F. Peeples, a pioneer circuit rider who served as presiding elder for West Tennessee, founded the congregation later called Cowell Chapel in 1824, about two miles from Camden. Mt. Carmel and Rushing Chapel also started early, and in 1836 a camp ground was built on Beaver Dam Creek.
  • Kentucky Lake arrives in 1944Camden sits along Cypress Creek. When Kentucky Dam was finished in 1944, its lake swallowed the lower 10 miles of the creek. Low hills rise north and west of town, and the wetlands to the east are mostly protected in the Camden Wildlife Management Area.
  • Sorghum countryFarming has long mattered to Camden and Benton County, and sorghum was once one of the main crops. The last plant that processed it closed in 2001.

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Names on the Camden map

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Places and landmarks2

  • Black Center
  • Camden Cemetery

Streets and roads132

  • Washington Avenue
  • South Forrest Avenue
  • West Main Street
  • East Lake Street
  • North Forrest Avenue
  • Forrest Avenue South
  • Natchez Trace Road
  • Fern Avenue
  • Wyly Place
  • County Highway 1749
  • Derby
  • Hall Avenue
  • Oakdale Road
  • McKelvy Road
  • County Highway 1768
  • Stigall Street
  • Post Oak Avenue
  • Wren Avenue
  • Briarwood Street
  • Post Oak Road
  • County Highway 1764
  • Industrial Road
  • Sunset Avenue
  • Wright Street
  • Flatwoods Road
  • Longview Street
  • Hospital Drive
  • Vicksburg Avenue
  • Mount Carmel Road
  • Mockingbird Lane
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  • Berry Street
  • Magnolia Avenue
  • Schools Drive
  • Norwood Drive
  • Highland Heights Avenue
  • Channing Circle
  • Westview Avenue
  • Rowsey Street
  • Mabry Street
  • Cottonwood Street
  • Omar Circle
  • Armory Avenue
  • Madden Street
  • Cherokee Avenue
  • McRae Street
  • Doris Street
  • Melon Drive
  • City Street
  • Robertson Avenue
  • Wood Avenue
  • Factory Street
  • Eastview Avenue
  • Mimosa Street
  • Underwood Street
  • North Church Avenue
  • Poplar Street South
  • Woodland Drive
  • Halls Trailor Court
  • Victor Street
  • Melton Avenue
  • Hazelnut Avenue
  • Meadowbrook Street
  • Blakely Street
  • Morningside Avenue
  • Judith Avenue
  • Dogwood Avenue
  • Watson Street
  • Doty Street
  • Cane Street
  • Wyly Street
  • Lumber Street
  • Leona Street
  • Henry Street
  • Cole Avenue
  • Tyann Avenue
  • Hillcrest
  • Sunset Street
  • Orr Avenue
  • Flower Avenue
  • Lowry Street
  • Railroad Drive
  • Bland Street
  • Addison Avenue
  • Hedge Drive
  • Walnut Street
  • Beech Avenue
  • Maple Avenue
  • Marks Avenue
  • Fairfield Street
  • Laveta Lane
  • Vine Street
  • Derby Street
  • Byrn Street
  • Ann Avenue
  • Old Mill Circle
  • Smith Avenue
  • Ivy Street
  • Plaza Street
  • Old US Highway 70
  • Davidson Street
  • Oak Hill Street
  • East Main Street
  • East Lockhart Street
  • Holland Street
  • Hummingbird Circle
  • Park Street
  • Hargis Road
  • Laurel Street
  • Chestnut Street
  • Florence Street
  • Dobson Avenue
  • Evergreen Avenue
  • Timothy Drive
  • Extension Street
  • Robin Avenue
  • Hemlock Avenue
  • Oak Street
  • Camron Street
  • Little Jim Road
  • George Street
  • East Frazier Street
  • Turnpike Avenue
  • Willow Street
  • West Lockhart Street
  • Eastside Drive
  • Beverly Cv
  • Ward Street
  • Hawley Street
  • Timbercrest Circle
  • Greenlawn Avenue
  • Kathy Avenue
  • Gravel Street

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