Camden, MI

Camden is a village in Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 496 residents. The village is located within Camden Township. Camden was founded as early as 1837 by landowner Easton Chester and his sons Orson and Nathan. The village is served entirely by Camden-Frontier Schools, which has its campus just to the southeast in Amboy Township. Camden's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Michigan setting. The local scoop is how Camden's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The community developed around several sawmills, and a post office named Cranbrook opened on August 10, 1837.