Camden, industrial city in southwestern New Jersey, seat of Camden County, a port of entry on the Delaware River, opposite Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Camden is a trade, manufacturing, and transportation center. It has two deepwater docking areas and major railroad freight yards. Two bridges connect the city with Philadelphia. Chief products are electronic equipment, office supplies, and processed foods. The Camden campus (1927) of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (1927), and a community college are in the city. Camden's historic structures include the house in which the poet Walt Whitman lived from 1873 until his death in 1892. The city's Fairview Historic District, with its unique, boxlike row houses, was built in 1917 to house shipyard workers. Also of note are the Campbell Museum and the New Jersey State Aquarium. A ferry service, operated between Camden and Philadelphia from 1688 to 1952, resumed operations in 1992. Camden was settled in 1681, and platted in 1773; it was incorporated as a city in 1828. Following the arrival of the railroad in 1834, the city began a rapid industrial growth enhanced by the location of the Campbell Soup plant here in 1862. The Victor Talking Machine Company (1894), later purchased by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), developed the phonograph in Camden. The city is named for the British jurist Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a champion of colonial rights. Population 84,910 (1980); 87,492 (1990); 79,904 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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