Trenton, Kentucky

{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Trenton, Kentucky |settlement_type = City |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = Trenton, Kentucky.jpg |imagesize = 300px |image_caption = The junction of US 41 and KY 104 in Trenton |image_flag = |image_seal =  |image_map = File:Todd County Kentucky Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Trenton Highlighted 2177592.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of Trenton in Todd County, Kentucky. |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 =  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Kentucky |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Todd |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date =

|unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_21.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 18, 2022}}</ref> |area_magnitude = |area_total_sq_mi = 0.57 |area_land_sq_mi = 0.57 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 326 |population_density_sq_mi = 572.93

|timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_ft = 587 |coordinates = {{coord|36|43|24|N|87|15|40|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 42286 |area_code = 270 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 21-77592 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0505487 |website = {{URL|http://www.trentonky.org/}} |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = |area_total_km2 = 1.48 |area_land_km2 = 1.47 |area_water_km2 = 0.00 |population_density_km2 = 221.28 }} '''Trenton''' is a city in Todd County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 384 at the 2010 census.

==History== Settled as Lewisburg in 1796, and incorporated in 1840. The city was renamed after Trenton, New Jersey in 1819.<ref>{{cite book |title=''Encyclopedia of Kentucky'' |chapter=Dictionary of Places: Trenton |publisher=Somerset Publishers |location=New York, New York |year=1987 |isbn=0-403-09981-1}}</ref>

==Geography== Trenton is located at {{coord|36|43|24|N|87|15|40|W|type:city}} (36.723246, -87.261209).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|0.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==  {{US Census population |1830= 178 |1870= 221 |1880= 152 |1890= 455 |1900= 600 |1910= 653 |1920= 552 |1930= 524 |1940= 572 |1950= 577 |1960= 542 |1970= 496 |1980= 465 |1990= 378 |2000= 419 |2010= 384 |2020= 326 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref> }}

==Notable people== Musician and activist Josephine Leavell Allensworth was born in Trenton.<ref name=BP>{{cite web|title=Allensworth, Josephine Leavell (1855-1938)|url=http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aaw/allensworth-josephine-leavell-1855-1938|work=Online Encyclopedia Index|publisher=BlackPast.org|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Trenton, Kentucky}}

Category:Cities in Todd County, Kentucky Category:Cities in Kentucky Category:Populated places established in 1796 Category:1796 establishments in Kentucky