Camden, Alabama
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hoteltwo
N 31° 59.694 W 087° 17.624
16R E 472254 N 3539908
Marker describing the founding and history of the city of Camden Alabama.
Waymark Code: WMHYPN
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2013
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Inscription:
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Founded on land donated to the Wilcox County Commission for a new county seat by Thomas Dunn & wife Martha Hobbs, Sept. 14, 1832. County seat moved from Canton in 1833. First called Wilcox Courthouse & later named Barboursville for Sen. Phillip P. Barbour of Va.
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In 1841 incorporated & renamed Camden by Dr. John D. Caldwell, Rev. Ebenezer Hearn, Deforrest Richards, Gen. R. C. Jones, Miss Sallie Jones, Dr. E. D. McDaniel, Hon. Sol. D. Bloch, Dr. Emmett Kilpatrick, Gov. B. M. Miller, & Dr. J. Paul Jones.
Marker Name: Camden
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Camden Sesquicentennial Committee.
More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden,_Alabama
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1982
Marker Number: Not Listed
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