[8] Native Americans were living in the Camden area as early as the Archaic period (8000-1000 BC).

A significant archaeological site has been excavated at nearby Eva (the actual site is now submerged under Kentucky Lake), uncovering evidence of semi-permanent habitation dating back 7000 years.

Camden has its roots as a stopover along the stage coach route between Nashville and Memphis.

[11] On October 20, 1922, George and Ed Hartley were lynched by a large mob outside Camden County Jail after being convicted of manslaughter.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.7 square miles (14.7 km2), all of it land.

[13] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,674 people, 1,516 households, and 759 families residing in the city.

Camden is a bedroom community for employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the DuPont titanium dioxide production plant in nearby New Johnsonville.