North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program

The North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program was established in 1935 as an effort to standardize the practice of marking significant historical sites through-out North Carolina. In Camden County the seven historical silver and black markers represent the:

• Battle of South Mills
• Dismal Swamp Canal
• Dempsey Burgess
• Isaac Gregory
• Lemuel Sawyer
• William Reed
• McBride Church
• Shiloh Baptist Church

For more information on the program and the Camden markers go to: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program

For even more information regarding the Battle of South Mills, visit the Camden County Heritage Museum, VisitCamdenCountyNC and Battle of South Mills websites.

Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center

On the banks of the Dismal Swamp Canal and US Highway 17, visitors and natives will find Eco-tourism opportunities including:

• Hiking
• Biking
• Birding
• Paddling
• Photography

The Welcome Center greets highway and boating traffic and provides assistance to the traveling public.

Over 500 brochures provide information on travel destinations throughout the state. The complex has a 3 mile asphalt trail with a highway extension into South Mills, totaling 4.5 miles. Paddlers can launch their canoe or kayak by the Pedestrian bridge to the Park. For more information go to: www.dismalswampwelcomecenter.com

Download the Camden County & Dismal Swamp Brochure.

Dismal Swamp Canal

The historic Dismal Swamp Canal, which was completed in 1805, is the oldest hand-dug waterway in the country still in use today.

The Canal is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and has been entered into the National Register of Historic Places, designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark and recognized as part of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program.

It is part of both the NC and VA Civil War Trails. Today, approximately 1,500 to 2,000 pleasure boats cruise through the waters each year, enjoying the mystery the area has to offer.

For more information go to: Dismal Swamp Canal

Dismal Swamp State Park

The Dismal Swamp State Park provides an interactive visitor experience with the ecology of the Great Dismal Swamp. Here, you can learn about the varieties of flora, fauna and wildlife and explore the mysteries of the swamp's history. The swamp supports a large variety of migratory neo-tropical birds, mammals, (including the Dismal Swamp southeastern shrew, black bear and bobcat), reptiles and amphibians.

The Park provides a boardwalk into the swamp and 20 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails. 

For more information go to: Dismal Swamp State Park

Click here to see what the Dismal Swamp State Park has to offer visitors.

Camden County's Historic Jailhouse

Explore Camden's history from 1777 to the present with interpretive stories, artifacts and talented docents located in the heart of Camden County. The historic Jail is a well-preserved reminder of incarceration in the early 1900s.

For more information visit the Camden County Heritage Museum & Historic Jail. Open Thursday-Friday 8am-5pm & Saturday 10am-2pm. Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For Camden County Tourism go to VisitCamdenCountyNC or contact: 252-771-8333 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

North River Campground

North River Campground, located on Garrington Island Road in Shawboro, NC offers visitors a wide range of amenities including large full hook-up RV sites with 20-30-50 amp service, studio apartments, motel rooms, separate tent sites, picnic tables, convenience store, laundry room, LP gas on site, bath houses with hot showers, firewood/ice, fire rings, swimming pool, wireless internet, cable television, 5 acre stocked lake (fishing allowed), enclosed pavilion with kitchen - rentable for party groups, RV and boat storage and boat ramp access to the river.

For more information visit www.northrivercampground.com

Treasure Point 4-H Camp

Located at 123 Treasure Point Road in Camden, North Carolina, nestled on the Areneuse Creek of the Pasquotank River, sits Treasure Point 4-H Camp. Treasure Point is a public park in Camden County. Open to the public 6:00 a.m., to 9:00 p.m., there are nature walking trails, a pier with a canoe/kayak launch and an open green space. Citizens wishing to use the property for events should contact the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Camden County Center at (252) 331-7630.

Click here for trail maps.

North Carolina Public Records Law

The North Carolina Public Records Law is designed to guarantee that the public has access to public records of governmental bodies in North Carolina. The first statute dealing with public documents in the state was passed in 1935. This law focused on the duty of government officials to preserve public records carefully.

The North Carolina Open Meetings Law legislates by which methods public meetings are conducted.

How to request public records in North Carolina

The act requires that all requests be directed at the public agency in custody of the records.

In North Carolina, the minimum requirement for making a public records request is verbal; this can be made in person at the respective Camden County office, or via telephone.

Other options for making a public records request is email (to respective department head, or to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or by written letter mailed to the respective Camden County office.

Purpose and Use

North Carolina law explicitly states that no individual making a request for records will be required to state a purpose. The act does not restrict the use of records as well.

Who may request public records?

Anyone may request public records in North Carolina. Public records are open to inspection by "any person".

Fees

North Carolina establishes two different types of records with two different fees. For un-certified copies, the department may charge only the actual cost of duplication not including the labor involved. However, if the search is expansive and requires a great deal of staff time, an additional special fee may be charged. The law indicates that fees for certified copies will be as indicated by law but does not indicate what law.

Response time

North Carolina is one of seventeen states that sets no absolute deadline for government agencies to fulfill FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests. Section § 132-6 of the NCGS states that a custodian of public records shall make them available "at reasonable times and under reasonable supervision by any person, and shall, as promptly as possible, furnish copies thereof upon payment of any fees as may be prescribed by law."

Pay a North Carolina Ticket Online

North Carolina offers you the opportunity to pay your citation online. If you plan not to contest your citation you may pay and dispose of your offense at www.payNCticket.org

.At this website you may waive your right to a trial/hearing in open court, plead guilty/responsible to the charge(s) and pay the total amount due with a credit card.

Upon completion of this online transaction, a verdict/finding of guilty/responsible will be entered against you and the case will be disposed in the same manner as if you had entered a guilty/responsible plea in court.

This online payment method includes a process fee. Visit www.payNCticket.org for more details.

Electronic Payment for Taxes & Fees

As part of our commitment to providing citizens with efficient, convenient service, Camden County has partnered with Payments Service Network, Inc.® (PSN) to offer payment of taxes and fees online. Pay with your credit card or bank account. Transaction fees apply. Click here to make an online payment.