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Schuyler County, Illinois, Camden Township, 1908 |
 | | The village of Camden, which is situated on the southwest quarter of Section 17, was laid out by Robert Brown and Joseph N. Ward, January 28, 1831, and was surveyed and platted by Samuel McHatton, Deputy County Surveyor. |
 | | Today Camden is a flourishing inland village, with good schools, churches and mercantile houses, and her citizens are looking forward to the time when they can be put into closer touch with the outside world through the agency of an electric railroad. |
 | | The population of Camden Township, according to the census of 1900, was 1,278. |
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