| Trent River | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Neuse River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Trent River mouth |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Trent River mouth location |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Craven Jones Lenoir |
| Subdivision Type4: | City |
| Subdivision Name4: | Trenton New Bern |
| Length: | 87.15miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Neuse River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 653.31cuft/s at mouth with Neuse River[2] |
| Source1: | Mathews Creek divide |
| Source1 Location: | about 3 miles north of Pink Hill, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.1011°N -77.7464°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 42feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Neuse River |
| Mouth Location: | New Bern, North Carolina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.1011°N -77.0367°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
| Progression: | Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Neuse River |
| Tributaries Left: | Horse Branch, Joshua Branch, Black Swamp, Mill Branch, Little Chinquapin Branch, Chinquapin Branch, Beaver Creek, Resolution Branch, Musselshell Branch, Jumping Creek, Beaverdam Creek, Long Branch, Scott Creek, Rocky Run, Wilson Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Running Branch, Beaverdam Swamp, Tuckahoe Creek, Reedy Branch, Cypress Creek, Jack Cabin Branch, Pocoson Branch, Poplar Branch, Crooked Run, French Branch, Mill Run, Little Hell Creek, Goshen Branch, Mill Creek, West Prong Raccoon Creek, Island Creek, Miry Hole Branch, Reedy Branch, Hoods Creek, Brice Creek |
| Bridges: | Old Pink Hill Road, NC 11, Davis Mill Road, Mark N. Smith Road, Perry Buzzard Road, US 258, Pleasant Hill Road (x2), Chinquapin Chapel Road, Middle Road, NC 41, US 17, US 70 |
The Trent River is a fresh water river of the coastal plain region of eastern North Carolina. It flows in an easterly direction from its origin approximately southwest of Kinston, North Carolina and traverses portions of Lenoir County, Jones County and Craven County prior to emptying into the Neuse River at New Bern, North Carolina. Trenton and Pollocksville are small towns that lie along its course. The river measures at its widest point and is fed by numerous fresh water branches and creeks along its length.