Camden was established after School Section No. 16 was sold in 1832, when Wm. Crooks, School Commissioner, reserved 16 acres and had a town site laid out by John Armstrong, county surveyor. Col. Crooks (1787 - 1861), a veteran of the War of 1812, kept the first cabin store about 40 yards south. John E. Snoberger became the first postmaster in 1833. Dr. F. G. Armstrong (1822 - 1903) was a pioneer physician and legislator. In 1835 Jonathan Martin gave land for a church, cemetery, and school. A. J. Thomas, E. C. Rice, and Philip Ray were merchants and bankers; Royal Grosvenor and Geo. C. Sanderson were area teachers; and Musselman, McFarland, Robeson, McCain, Replogle, and Porter were area millers. The railroad arrived in 1872. In Jackson Township, John Odel entered the first land in 1825, and the township was laid out in 1830, extending east and south to the county line. About 1827 Moses Aldridge, Elisha Brown, Adam Porter, and John and Jeremiah Ballard settled on Bachelor’s Run. Other settlers included Wm. Hance in 1828; Wm. Armstrong and John Lenon in 1829; and Philip Hewitt, Peter Replogle, Thos. Sterling, Saml. Wise, Peter Iman, John Musselman, Levi Cline, Jas. and Wm. Martin, Jacob Humrickhouse, and David Zook. Lower Deer Creek Church of Brethren was organized in 1828 by Peter Replogle, Samuel Wise, and Peter Iman, its first minister. Other ministers were H. Vredenburg of Nebo Methodist and John P. Hay of Cumberland Presbyterian in 1830.