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| The land that would form Camden
County was ceded to the English by the Creeks in the Treaty of
Savannah on May 21, 1733, confirmed and expanded by agreements
of 1735 and 1736. By an act of March 15, 1758, the colonial legislature
created seven parishes. With the outbreak of the American Revolution,
Whig forces took control of government in Georgia. On Feb. 5,
1777, they adopted the state's first constitution -- the Constitution
of 1777. Art. IV of that document transformed the existing colonial
parishes into seven counties, with Indian ceded lands forming
an eighth county. Camden County was created from Saint Thomas
and Saint Mary parishes (see
map). In 1854, the legislature took land from Camden County
to form Charlton County. |
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Useful Census
Links:
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Historical
Census Data Browser
Office of Planning and Budget Census Data Program
Georgia 2000 Information
System (University of Georgia ITOS)
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Census |
Pop. |
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2000 |
43,664 |
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1990 |
20,579 |
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1980 |
19,349 |
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1970 |
18,255 |
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1960 |
20,596 |
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1950 |
23,458 |
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1940 |
26,520 |
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1930 |
29,224 |
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1920 |
30,836 |
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1910 |
27,268 |
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1900 |
30,165 |
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1890 |
28,501 |
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1880 |
27,128 |
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1870 |
17,679 |
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1860 |
17,165 |
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1850 |
16,100 |
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1840 |
13,176 |
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1830 |
11,833 |
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1820 |
11,577 |
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1810 |
10,858 |
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1800 |
9,504 |
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1790 |
9,467 |
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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