Camden, Mississippi

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Camden is an unincorporated community located on Mississippi Highway 17 in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. Camden is located approximately {{convert|12|mi|km}} northeast of Sharon and is located within the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Although unincorporated, Camden has a post office and a zip code of 39045.

The town was named for Camden, South Carolina by Mississippi Governor William McWillie.{{cite news |url=http://mymississippimemories.blogspot.com/2009/08/chapman-levy-camden-sccamden-ms.html |title=Camden, Mississippi - Governor William McWillie |work=mymississippimemories.blogspot.com |accessdate=November 15, 2013}} McWillie was raised in Camden, South Carolina, and was in The South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate. He moved to Mississippi in 1845, where he was elected to Congress, and then, in 1858, he was elected the 22nd Governor of Mississippi. He is buried in Kirkwood Cemetery, outside of Camden, Mississippi.

Education

It is in the Madison County School District.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28089_madison/DC20SD_C28089.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Madison County, MS|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2021-06-30}} - Compare with the location of Tougaloo College, which contains faculty housing.

Residents are zoned to Camden Elementary School.{{cite web|url=https://www.madison-schools.com/cms/lib/MS01001041/Centricity/Domain/19/CountywideMap_8color_2017.pdf|title=Attendance Zones and School Locations|publisher=Madison County School District|accessdate=2021-07-01}} Residents are in turn zoned to Shirley S. Simmons Middle School and Velma Jackson High School.{{cite web|url=https://www.madison-schools.com/Page/36|title=Attendance Zones|publisher=Madison County School District|accessdate=2021-07-01}}

Notable people

  • Otis G. Collins, former member of the Illinois House of Representatives, was born in Camden.'Illinois Blue Book 1971-1972,' Biographical Sketch of Otis G. Collins, pg. 216-217
  • George Doherty, head football coach at Northwestern State University from 1972 to 1974{{cite web |title=George Doherty |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerd/dohe00400.html |website=profootballarchives.com |access-date=May 20, 2023}}
  • John Primer, Chicago blues musician{{cite web |title=John Primer |url=https://ww1.namm.org/library/oral-history/john-primer |website=NAMM.org |access-date=May 20, 2023}}

See also

References

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{{Madison County, Mississippi}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Mississippi

Category:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi

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