CAMERON.

On the 22d of February, 1854, County Surveyor J. W. Adcock surveyed and platted the northeast corner of Section 5 in Floyd, and in honor of the owner of the tract. Robert Cameron, the village was first called Cameronville. The town of Cameron was platted on the north side of the railroad in Coldbrook Township a little later. Several additions have since been made, both in Floyd and Coldbrook Townships, and all is now known as Cameron. In 1900 the population was 330. At first most of the business houses were established in Coldbrook Township, but all the stores have been removed to Floyd.

 

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