The town is named for the large number of shrimp (camarón in Spanish) found in a small river in the area.

At the town's hacienda, a Mexican Army of more than 3000 triumphed over 65 troops of the French Foreign Legion in the Battle of Camarón on 30 April 1863.

After the battle, the words "de Tejeda" were added to the town's name by Mexican Colonel Francisco de Paula Milán to honor pro-Madero politician Sixto Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (1883-1960), originally of Chicontepec.

The town is located in the central part of the Veracruz, at 19° 01’ north latitude, 96° 37’ west longitude, at an altitude of 320 meters above sea level.

Opposite the Hacienda, on the other side of the road, are two condemned houses and the ruins of ten Indian boxes[?