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about Camden

Gwendolyn Faison is presently Mayor, and a street has already been renamed in her honor.

Camden was once a center of production of everything from pens and soup to ships and phonographs. Camden has moved into the 21st century well prepared as a center for New Jersey's fastest growing industry: government. Government, education, and healthcare are the three biggest employers in Camden, however most employees commute to Camden and live in nearby suburbs such as Cherry Hill.

Camden geography

Camden is located at 39°56'14" North, 75°6'22" West (39.937195, -75.106186).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.9 km² (10.4 mi²). 22.8 km² (8.8 mi²) of it is land and 4.0 km² (1.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 15.03% water.

Camden borders Collingswood, Gloucester City, Haddon Township, Pennsauken, and Woodlynne.

Camden history

Walt Whitman lived his last years in Camden and is buried in Harleigh Cemetery on Haddon Avenue.

From 1901 through 1929 Camden was headquarters of the Victor Talking Machine Company, and thereafter to its successor RCA Victor, the world's largest manufacturer of phonographs and phonograph records for the first two thirds of the 20th century.

Camden was once the home of a New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard.

On September 6, 1949 mass murderer Howard Unruh went on a killing spree in his Camden neighborhood. Thirteen people died as a result. Unruh remains confined in a state psychiatric facility. In 1996, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman frisked Sherron Rolax in Camden, which many alleged violated Rolax's civil rights. Morgan Quitno Press has also ranked Camden as the US city with the 4th highest crime rate, and first place among cities with a population of 75,000 to 100,000.

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