New Trenton, Indiana Explained

Official Name:New Trenton, Indiana
Pushpin Map:Indiana
Pushpin Label:New Trenton
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Franklin
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Whitewater
Area Total Km2:1.14
Area Land Km2:1.14
Area Water Km2:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:269
Coordinates:39.3089°N -84.8969°W
Elevation Ft:755
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47035 http://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code/47035/zip-code-47035.asp
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-53712[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2587023
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.44
Area Land Sq Mi:0.44
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population Density Sq Mi:609.98
Population Density Km2:235.38

New Trenton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Whitewater Township, Franklin County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 252.[3] It has a ZIP code 47035.[4]

History

New Trenton was laid out in 1816.[5] The community was named after Trenton, New Jersey, the native home of a share of the first settlers.[6] The New Trenton post office was established in 1817.[7]

Geography

New Trenton is located in southeastern Franklin County in the valley of the Whitewater River, a southeasterly-flowing tributary of the Great Miami River. U.S. Route 52 passes through the community, leading northwest (upriver) to Brookville and southeast (downriver) to Harrison, Ohio.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the New Trenton CDP has an area of 1.14sqkm, all land.[3]

Demographics

Notable people

References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  2. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. March 16, 2022.
  3. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), New Trenton CDP, Indiana. U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder. May 18, 2016. https://archive.today/20200213082608/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1853712. February 13, 2020. dead.
  4. Web site: USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code. 2012-02-15. United States Postal Service. 2012.
  5. Book: History of Franklin County, Indiana . Windmill Publications . Reifel, August Jacob . 1915 . 131.
  6. Web site: New Trenton . Franklin County Historical Society . 23 July 2015.
  7. Web site: Franklin County . Jim Forte Postal History . 7 September 2014.
  8. http://www.mysticlightpress.com/index.php?page_id=108 John Calvert-Magician