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Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Camden.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 As of the 2010 Census, the population was 513,657,〔〔(Camden County, New Jersey ), 2010 United States Census. Accessed August 23, 2011.〕 having increased by 4,725 (up 0.9%, the third-lowest growth rate in the state) from the 508,932 counted in the 2000 Census,〔 retaining its position as the state's eighth-most populous county.〔(NJ Labor Market Views ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, March 15, 2011. Accessed October 3, 2013.〕〔 As of 2014, Camden County's Census-estimated population was 511,038.〔 The most populous place was Camden, with 77,344 residents at the time of the 2010 Census, while Winslow Township covered , the largest total area of any municipality.〔 It was formed on March 13, 1844, from portions of Gloucester County.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 103. Accessed January 20, 2013.〕 The county was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a British judge, civil libertarian, and defender of the American cause.〔Greenberg, Gail. (County History ), Camden County, New Jersey. Accessed October 9, 2013. "The namesake of the new settlement was Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden, an English nobleman who supported the American cause in Parliament."〕〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 28, 2015.〕〔Gannett, Henry. (''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States'' ), p. 65. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed August 28, 2015.〕 The county is part of the Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD / Delaware Valley Metropolitan Statistical Area.〔(May 2012 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions ), Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accessed October 9, 2013.〕〔(Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas ), Office of Management and Budget, February 28, 2013. Accessed October 9, 2013.〕 ==Geography== According to the 2010 Census, the county had a total area of , including of land (97.3%) and of water (2.7%).〔(Census 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Counties ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 12, 2015.〕 Located in a coastal / alluvial plain, the county is uniformly flat and low-lying. The highest points are a survey benchmark near the Burlington County line at above sea level.〔(New Jersey County High Points ), Peakbagger.com. Accessed October 3, 2013.〕 The low point is sea level, along the Delaware River. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Camden County, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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