Camden NJ - The Streets of Camden -Stockton Township Re-named Streets

In April of 1899 Stockton Township, which consisted of what is now referred to as Cramer Hill and East Camden, united with the City of Camden. Cramer Hill became Camden's Eleventh Ward, and East Camden became the Twelfth Ward. Stockton had eight schools which came under the jurisdiction of the Camden Board of Education, at least two volunteer fire companies, a police force, a park, and other municipal departments and assets. Between 1899 and 1905 many streets in the new wards were renamed so that they would not conflict with and/or become consistent with the naming conventions of Camden's Streets. This was very important, safety-wise, as Camden's paid fire department and police department now were responsible for new areas, and confusion in location could prove deadly.

This page, drawn from maps of Stockton from 1877 and from the 1890s, will for the first time on the internet provide conversion data so that addresses referring to the old street names can be found easily.

As always, this is a work in progress, so PLEASE call me with any information, corrections, questions, and observations.

Phil Cohen

NOTE: The City Council of the City of Camden also renamed several streets in the 1990s. In one case, a street named in part for an American Soldier who died while serving his country was stripped of its name, an insult to every veteran and the families of those who have served and sacrificed. This website does not and will not recognize the actions of that body regarding the history and heritage of the City of Camden until that wrong has been redressed.

The Streets of Stockton
as listed in 1877 and 1890s Maps and their present names

	1877	1890	1904
		Delaware	Farragut Avenue
		Adams Avenue	Adams Avenue
		Van Buren	Buren Avenue
Front Street	Front Street	Harrison Avenue	Harrison Avenue
		Polk Avenue	Polk Avenue
		Tyler Avenue	Tyler Avenue
Second	Second Avenue	Pierce Avenue	Pierce Avenue
Third	Third Avenue	Fillmore Avenue	Wayne Avenue
		Lincoln Avenue	Lincoln Avenue
Fourth	Fourth Avenue	River Road	River (Avenue) Road
		Grant Avenue	Concord Avenue
Fifth	Fifth Avenue	Hayes Avenue	Hayes Avenue
		Garfield Avenue	Garfield Avenue
Sixth	Sixth Avenue	Arthur Avenue	Arthur Avenue
		Cleveland Avenue	Cleveland Avenue
Seventh	Seventh	Sherman Avenue	Sherman Avenue
		Pleasant Street	Pleasant Street
		Thompson Street	Thompson Street
		Howell Street (Stockton Township, between present-day State Street & 27th Street, later extended to just past 30th Street)1887	Howell Street
		Erie	Saunders
		Master	Cramer

Front Street			28th Street
Second	Second		29th Street
Third	Third		30th Street
Fourth	Fourth
		Elm	Camden Avenue
Beideman Avenue	Beideman Avenue	Beideman Avenue	Beideman Avenue
		Spruce	17th
		Dayton	18th
		Park	19th
		Wallace	20th
		Brown	21st Street
		Broad	22nd
		Green	23rd
	Union	Union	24th
	Fulton	Fulton	North Twenty-Fifth Street
	Main	Main	Twenty-Sixth Street
	Cambridge	Cambridge	Cambridge
	Fulton (?)		Twenty-Sixth Street
	Pavonia	Cooper Street	North 27th Street
		Horner Avenue	North 28th Street
		Griffee Avenue	North 29th Street
		Reeves Avenue
		Nicholson Avenue	North 30th Street
		Lois Avenue After 1891 Before 1900
		Sparks Avenue	North 31st Street
		Beideman Avenue
		Rudderow	North 32nd Street
		Bergen Avenue	Bergen Avenue
		Goodwin	North 33rd Street
		Franklin	North 34th Street
		Evans	North 35th Street
	No Name on Map	New Cove Road	36th Street
	Marlton	Marlton	Marlton
	Wright
	Jefferson		Boyd
	George		Rand
	Cramer Avenue		S 24th Street
	Boothman Avenue		S 25th Street
	Master Street		Cramer Street
		Master
		High
		Maple (East of 36th street)	1904 Poplar, High by 1924
		Lemuel	Lemuel
		36th
		35th
		34th
		Centre	North 33rd Street
		33rd	South 33rd street
		32nd
		Alberta	Dudley Street (From Fremont Street to Pleasant Street)
		Cambridge	30th Street
		Yale	South 29th Street
		Oxford	South 28th Street
		Cooper	South 27th Street
		Westfield Avenue	Westfield Avenue
Federal Street	Federal Street	Federal Street	Federal Street
	Carman	Dover Street Carman Street	Carman Street
	Mickle Street	Wyoming Street Mickle Street	Mickle Street
	Stevens Street Sommer	Stevens Street Nevada Street	Stevens Street
	Benson	Montana	Benson Street
	Morris	Arizona	Washington
	Berkley	Oregon	Berkley Street
		Idaho	Clinton Street
Bank Street (East Camden)	1900	became part of Camden when Stockton Township was annexed
	1878
	1850
Berwick Street	by 1906
Boyd Street	by 1904
(15th Street to 31st Street)
		Central Avenue (from 30 to 36th Street in East Camden)	Renamed Fremont Street between 1899 and 1904
Chestnut Avenue (Stockton Township)		Renamed Watson Street by 1914
Church Street
	1850
Cooper Street	1850
Cramer Street
Dupont Street	1890s Stockton Twp.
		Folwell Street	Fifteenth Street

Fifteenth Street
George Street (Stockton Township)		Renamed Rand Street by 1906
High Street	By 1885	The Street may well go back to the 1870s. It lay in Stockton Township, and not included in earlier directories
Highland Avenue

Lemuel Avenue
Leonard Avenue

Maplewood Street
Marlton Avenue
*Merriel Avenue*		After1891 Before 1905
	1850
Mitchell Street
Morrison Street
Morse Street
Myrtle Street
Pennsylvania Avenue (S from 17 South 19th Street)	by 1887	Only one occupied house in 1932, none by 1947.
Pfeiffer Street	between 1899 & 1906	two houses on 400 block in 1924
Rand Street	between 1899 & 1906	Appears in 1924 directory, but no houses or businesses were listed
Randolph Street	between 1899 & 1906	Appears in 1924 directory, but no houses or businesses were listed
Raritan Street	between 1899 & 1906	Appears in 1924 directory, but no houses or businesses were listed

Remington Street
Rosedale Avenue
Rowe Street
Royal Street
Royden Street	1850
Seventeenth Street (SE from Federal to Cooper R) & (Lemon to Ferry)	1878
Sewell Street	1899	Stockton Township
Sixteenth Street	1878
Stevens Street	1850
Terrace Avenue
Thirtieth Street	By 1899 Stockton Twp.
Thirty-First Street	By 1899 Stockton Twp.
Thirty-Second Street	By 1899 Stockton Twp.
Thirty-Third Street	By 1899 Stockton Twp.
Thirty-Fourth Street	By 1899 Stockton Twp.
Thirty-Fifth Street	By 1899 Stockton Twp.
Thirty-Sixth Street (old New Cove Road)	1890 Stockton Twp.
Thirty-Seventh Street	1899 Stockton Twp.
Thirty-Eighth Street	By 1899 Stockton Twp.
Thirty-Ninth Street	1890 Stockton Twp.
	By 1887
Twentieth Street (S from C&ATL RR to Ferry)
Twentieth Street (East Camden, S from Federal Street)	By 1887 Stockton Twp
Twenty-First Street	By 1887 Stockton Twp.
Twenty-Second Street	By 1887 Stockton Twp.
Twenty-Third Street	By 1887 Stockton Twp.
Twenty-Fourth Street	By 1887 Stockton Twp.
Twenty-Seventh Street	By 1887 Stockton Twp.
Twenty-Eighth Street	By 1887 Stockton Twp.
Twenty-Ninth Street	By 1887 Stockton Twp.
Tyler Avenue
Washington Street (E from 2nd South of Benson)	1867
Watson Street
Wayne Avenue
Wilmot Street