Scene of Camden Bombing - At left, standing: Adam Coccia. Kneeling Matteo Coccia
Division Street in Camden likely got its name because it was meant to signify a boundary or separation—though what it specifically divided isn't entirely clear today. Unlike Line Street, which has a documented origin as the boundary line between the historic Cooper and Kaighn family properties, Division Street doesn't have a known or well-recorded division to point to.
It’s possible the name was chosen with the intention of marking a future boundary—perhaps between city wards, neighborhoods, or land parcels—but over time, the original significance may have faded or simply never materialized. Naming streets like “Division” was common in urban planning, even if they didn’t end up serving a practical dividing function.
So, while Line Street’s origin is firmly tied to historical property lines, Division Street may have just sounded appropriate in that context, even if it ended up dividing little more than city blocks.
In 1997, a portion of Division Street was renamed to Ramona Gonzalez Street to commemorate a community leader. The remainder of the street continues to bear the name Division Street.
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200 Block of Division Street
200 Block of Division Street — Occupants
City directory records and newspaper clippings.
214 Division Street
214 Division Street — 200 Block of Division Street — Occupants
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1906
Donato Fanelle — Rags
224 Division Street
224 Division Street — 200 Block of Division Street — Occupants
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1909
Mrs. Josephine Ventresca — saloon
228 Division Street
228 Division Street — 200 Block of Division Street — Occupants
My Aunt Anna Jelonek Crassovaz and her husband Joseph Crassovaz lived at 560 Division Street. This home has been kept up very nicely. Aunt Anna Jelonek Crassovaz died about 1959 and so did my Father in 1959. My Uncle Joe Crassovaz married my Mother. We had been living in Woodlyne NJ since 1956, then move to Barrington in 1961.
Uncle Joe sold the house on Division Street to his sister Marie. I think she stayed their until she died.
Arthur A. Jelonek Jr., February 2015
500 Block of Division Street — Occupants
City directory records and newspaper clippings.
507 Division Street
507 Division Street — 500 Block of Division Street — Occupants
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1938
Dorothy Gorman
1947–1974
Norman Baynard & Family — Norman & Mary Emma Baynard
508 Division Street
508 Division Street — 500 Block of Division Street — Occupants
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1914
William B. Champion & Family — huckster; William B. & Ethel Champion
509 Division Street
509 Division Street — 500 Block of Division Street — Occupants
At 8 P.M. on January 15th, Box 374 at Sixth and Spruce Streets was transmitted for a phone alarm reporting a dwelling at 838 Division Street, South Camden. Arriving fire fighters found nothing and following a search of the neighborhood, declared the incident a false alarm. Some thirteen minutes later, 374 Box was again transmitted, now reporting the address of 638 Division Street, more than two blocks from the previous location. This time, units found a three-story frame heavily involved with fire extending to adjoining properties. The wrong address had caused the blaze to gain considerable headway. A second alarm assignment was required.
600 Block of Division Street — Occupants
City directory records and newspaper clippings.
616 Division Street
616 Division Street — 600 Block of Division Street — Occupants
In photo… on the left, my dad, Arthur ACKLEY, who at the time was living at 242 N. 7th Street, Camden. However, his family's home was at 808 Fern Street. In the middle is Annie COSTELLO, a friend of my mom's (Dorothy REED). On the right is Nelson REED, my mom's father. My mom's family lived at 805 Kimber Street. Nelson was originally from Millville, NJ.
In 1940 Annie Costello lived at 764 Division Street with mother Mary and siblings, Frances, Nicholas, Elizabeth, Dorothy & Joan.
Cindy Ackley Nunn, November 15, 2015
700 Block of Division Street — Occupants
City directory records and newspaper clippings.
714 Division Street
714 Division Street — 700 Block of Division Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
Howard & Elizabeth Hogate Family — Earl Hogate
718 Division Street
718 Division Street — 700 Block of Division Street — Occupants
771 Division Street — 700 Block of Division Street — Occupants
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1905–1947
John Oscar Marlow & Family — Civil War veteran; J. Oscar & Christina Wiley Marlow, J. Oscar Marlowe Jr., Henry 'Harry' Marlow, Mary Marlow, Ella Marlow
772 Division Street
772 Division Street — 700 Block of Division Street — Occupants
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1940–1964
Thaddeus Stokely & Family — Thaddeus & Alice Stokley
773 Division Street
773 Division Street — 700 Block of Division Street — Occupants
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1899
Lewis H. Clements & Family — Lewis H. & Rebecca C. Smith Clements, Minnie Clements, Harry L. Clements
Edward L. Troutman & Family — Edward L. & Elnora Troutman, William Troutman, Ethel Troutman, John Troutman, James Troutman, Betty Troutman, Kenneth Troutman, Elnora Troutman
Charles E. Watkin Jr. (1879-1954) was a Camden Fire Department captain who served over 34 years, from his appointment on January 1, 1915 until his retirement on May 1, 1949.
Dauphin Street runs south from Line Street across Pine Street to Division Street, between South 4th and South 5th Streets in South Camden. Originally called Kaighn Street, it was renamed in January 1882.
Coates Alley is a short street in Camden that originally ran parallel to Broadway and South 5th Street from Cherry Street north across Spruce Street to Division Street. Today it is one block long, running from Spruce Street to Division Street.
Carman Street ran from Broadway through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at South 31st Street, named for William Carman whose home stood at the corner of Broadway and Federal Street until 1902.
Bella Place is an L-shaped court that once had nine houses running north from 751 Spruce Street, connecting via a narrow alley to 754 Division Street; as of 2004, the houses are gone.
Baxter Street (formerly Newton Street and locally known as "Hog Alley") ran from South 7th Street to Mount Ephraim Avenue in South Camden, notorious for decades as a hub of illegal activity; largely demolished, the 700 block survives as an overgrown alley.
Barton Street, also known as Barton Place, runs for half a block south from 774 Division Street in Camden, first appearing in city directories in 1890; satellite photos from the early 2000s show it providing access to a church parking lot.
Atlanta Road runs north to south through the Fairview section of Camden, from Olympia Road to Alabama Road, paralleling Mount Ephraim Avenue. The northern segment (North Atlanta Road) ends at Collings Road; the southern segment (South Atlanta Road) continues to Alabama Road.
29th Street extends from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden, running from River Road to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.
Clare Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden, running from Pine Street to Division Street. Originally called Pine Avenue, it was renamed Clare Street between 1878 and 1890, then later renamed Jesthroe Hunt Sr. Lane in honor of a Camden firefighter who passed away in 2005.
Seventeenth Street runs through two separate sections of Camden: North 17th Street extends from Harrison Avenue to River Avenue through the Cramer Hill neighborhood, while South 17th Street runs from Federal Street southward across Carman Street to Admiral Wilson Boulevard in East Camden.
Isaac Merrick, born around 1843, possibly in England, established residence in Camden by 1869, initially residing at 230 Division Street , followed by 424 Mt.
The Zuni Athletic Association sponsored semi-pro sports teams as early as the spring of 1930 and into the early 60s. It appears to have founded in that year.
2nd Street extends north-south between Front Street and 3rd Street, running parallel to the Delaware River until Mechanic Street. In the early 1970s, several buildings were cleared on the east side of North 2nd Street below Mickle Street to make way for the Royal Court townhomes and Mickle Tower senior citizens apartment building.
Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.
Camden Courier-Post - August 10, 2016 CAMDEN - Subaru of America isn't expected to move here until sometime next year, but the firm's already had a change of address.
Death notice for Carmella Troncone (nee Mecca), 94, widow of Fiore Troncone of 815 South 4th Street, whose funeral was held from the Troncone Funeral Home at 819 South 4th Street.
Kaighn School Razed; Blazes Set in Church, Unoccupied House Police today are investigating the possibility that three fires Wednesday within a quarter-mile area inside of three hours and 46 minutes were the work of a firebug.
Trenton, July 24.—Helen M. Redfield, 624 Royden street, Camden, scored first out of a list of seven women who passed the examination for information clerk in the Camden Welfare Department, the State C
Hospital cases reported in Camden on February 14, 1938, including Ralph Williams of 413 North 29th Street treated at West Jersey Hospital for a laceration of the knee.
Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes of 519 Newton Avenue was fined $25 for allowing disorderly persons to congregate after a woman screamed murder at 3 AM, drawing police to the house.
Three Camden residents were arrested after an Ardmore man was robbed of his watch and $25 near Second and Pine streets, including Viola Lewis of 315 Division Street.
Marriage license applications filed in June 1933, including Helen Graczyk, 23, of 1581 South 10th Street, Camden, and Robert Alberts, 31, of Billingsport Avenue, Paulsboro.
Miss Nettie Viggiano of 269 Division Street married Anthony Teti of Philadelphia at Mt. Carmel R. C. Church; over 100 attended the reception at Morgan's Hall.
Five couples applied for marriage licenses in Camden as the month of June brides began, including Warren Spruill of 3522 Farragut Avenue and Alice Slemmer of North 36th Street.
Camden Wrestler and Bridge Are Given Dinner Attended by Notables Miss Emma Palladino , one of the fairest daughters of Camden's "Little Italy" yesterday became the bride of Joseph Montana , heavyweight wrestler, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church , Fourth and Division street s. Idol of Italian youth in this city Montana was hailed by hundreds of them outside the church.
Vice squad raids nine alleged disorderly houses in South Camden at midnight, including at 703 Baxter Street, the home of Walter Edgerton known as the 'Kentucky Rosebud.'
The Camden vice squad raided nine alleged disorderly houses in South Camden in February 1927. The largest raid hit the home of former prize fighter Walter 'Kentucky Rosebud' Edgerton; Unity Hall at 318 Joint Alley was among the places raided.
A Camden Evening Courier report of July 27, 1925 on a spectacular fire at the Bantivoglio & Son junk warehouse at 252 Division Street, in which a collapsing brick wall buried four firemen of Engine Company No. 7, including Captain Watkin.
Camden police made seven simultaneous raids in the Tenderloin district on a Sunday morning, arresting twenty-three persons accused of selling liquor without a license. The raids were directed by Police Captain Arthur Stanley.
Considerable surprise was manifested in Camden yesterday when it was announced that Anna Turner, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Frank Turner, a prominent builder and contractor, has been marred since January 21 to Louis Voegtlin, formerly of Camden, but now of Trenton.
Richard Schroeder, a groceryman at Ninth and Division Streets, was accused by Police Captain Stanley of selling all day Sunday. He refused to pay the $16.30 fine and was locked up, paying it later that night.
News column covering South Camden incidents including the assault of Thomas Croker at 831 Dauphin Street by Edward Roosevelt, and the disappearance of Bessie Hickey of 761 Division Street.
An explosion of mysterious origin wrecked the Independent Fireworks Company plant at Ferry and Cooper avenues in Camden, killing four workmen and injuring others; officers of the company were arrested on manslaughter charges.
Euceria Manor, who ran a house at Locust and Division Streets, was committed in default of $1000 bail on a charge of harbouring minors for immoral purposes after a raid conducted by Captain Stanley.
A section of a three-and-a-half-story wall at the Camden Lighting and Heating Company's new boiler house on Cooper's Creek was blown down by a gust of wind, injuring night watchman John Mathis of Division Street.
Residents and property owners of Camden's Fourth and Sixth wards petition City Council for an under-drainage culvert running from the Line Street culvert at Broadway out to Sixth Street and north to Sixth and Royden. Arthur Stanley, then of 929 Newton Avenue, signed among the petitioners.
