Camden County - Georgia

County Courthhouse

County Seat: Woodbine
Incorporated: February 5, 1777
Population: 43,664
Total Area: 629.9 square miles

The county dates back to 1777 as a political entity, and was named after Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden. Pratt was an outspoken proponent of home rule for the colonies when he was the Lord Chancellor of England. Camden County was the second county organized in Georgia. Cumberland Island is the site of the ruins of Dungeness, the mansion of the family of Andrew Carnegie. Dungeness was built in the 1880s.