Editing Camden County, North Carolina (section)

==History==
The county was formed in 1777 from part of [[Pasquotank County, North Carolina|Pasquotank County]]. It was named for [[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden|Charles Pratt, 1st Lord Camden]],{{sfn|Corbitt|2000|p=56}} a British politician who had opposed the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] and was sympathetic towards American colonists.{{sfn|Jennings|2014|p=8}} The county is the site of the southern terminus of the [[Dismal Swamp Canal]].{{sfn|Jennings|2014|p=7}} The first county courthouse was constructed in 1782 and was replaced in 1847.{{sfn|Jennings|2014|p=8}} It was the site of the [[Battle of South Mills]] in April 1862, during the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2016/04/18/battle-south-mills-april-1862| title = Battle of South Mills, April 1862| date = April 18, 2016| publisher = North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources| access-date = February 9, 2025}}</ref>

Shiloh Baptist Church, founded around 1727 by [[Paul Palmer (minister)|Paul Palmer]], is the oldest Baptist church in North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web | title = People Called Baptists | publisher = Baptist State Convention of North Carolina | url = http://www.bscnc.org/insidebscnc/historymission/peoplecalledbaptist.htm | access-date = January 3, 2007}}</ref> It is located in the [[Shiloh, Camden County, North Carolina|Shiloh]] township.

Though technically there are (or were) no incorporated municipalities in Camden County (with the exception of a small portion of [[Elizabeth City, North Carolina|Elizabeth City]]; most of which is in bordering [[Pasquotank County, North Carolina|Pasquotank County]]), the county became the first [[consolidated city-county]] entity in North Carolina on July 1, 2006.<ref name="2006Consolidation"/>{{sfn|Jennings|2014|p=9}}