Editing Trenton, Florida (section)

==History==
===Prehistory===
The first [[Paleo-Indians]] reached the north-central Florida area near the end of the [[Last glacial period|last ice age]], as they followed big game south.<ref name="Ancient Native:The Ancient One">{{cite web
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}}</ref><ref name="Polk County History">{{cite web|url=http://www.polkcountyhistory.org/History.asp |title=Polk County History |access-date=2010-09-11 |publisher=Polk County Historical Association |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727182027/http://www.polkcountyhistory.org/History.asp |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}</ref> As the ice melted and sea levels rose, these Native Americans ended up staying and thrived on the peninsula for thousands of years. By the time the first Spanish [[conquistador]]s arrived, there were over 250,000 Native Americans living on the peninsula. The [[Timucua]] were a historic tribe across the north central area of Florida, where Trenton later developed.

Within 150 years, the majority of the [[pre-Columbian]] Native American peoples of Florida died of new infectious diseases or warfare, with their societies disrupted. Some were [[slavery|enslaved]] by the [[Spaniards]], and died because of harsh treatment.<ref name="Ancient Native:The Ancient One"/><ref name="The Ancient Ones">{{cite web
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}}</ref><ref name="Trail of Florida's Indian Heritage">{{cite web |author=Weibel, B. |url=http://attractions.uptake.com/blog/florida-native-american-museums-7383.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123121408/http://attractions.uptake.com/blog/florida-native-american-museums-7383.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-11-23 |title=Trail of Florida's Ancient Heritage |access-date=2010-09-09 |publisher=active.com }}</ref> Little is left of these first Native American cultures in Trenton except for scant archaeological records, including a few personal artifacts. By the early 19th century, the remnants of these tribes merged with the [[Muscogee]] (also known as Creek) who migrated from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Alabama]]. They created a new culture through [[ethnogenesis]] and became known as the [[Seminole|Seminole people]].<ref name="Polk County History"/><ref name="Trail of Florida's Indian Heritage"/> Most of the Seminole were removed from north-central Florida by the United States after wars from the 1830s to 1842, while some resisted by moving south into the [[Everglades]] and survived.

===Post-Reconstruction to present===
When the area was being settled in 1883, it was very briefly called "''Joppa''" before being named "''Trenton''" by a former [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Confederate States Army|soldier]] who resided in the community but was originally from [[Trenton, Tennessee]] (which in turn took their city's name from [[Trenton, New Jersey]], after [[William Trent (Trenton)|William Trent]]).<ref name=TreSet/> The municipality was officially incorporated as the '''City of Trenton''' in 1911.<ref name=TreInc/>

Western [[Alachua County]] was developed largely for farms and timber, which sometimes attracted itinerant workers. Trenton developed as a trading and market town for this area, with some professionals who worked here in the early 20th century.

On July 21, 1915, Dr. H.M. Owens was [[Lynching in the United States|lynched]] by a mob in Trenton after being told to leave town. He was at the house of Mrs. McGuire, which the mob set on fire after the doctor exchanged fire with the crowd. The doctor was shot to death as he fled the burning house. Dr. Owens's local Masonic Lodge was disbanded in the ensuing scandal and only reopened in the 1950s.<ref name="LynchingsDan">{{cite news|last1=Dan|first1=Nicole|title=At Least 21 Lynched In Alachua County, Historical Commission Confirms|url=https://www.wuft.org/news/2017/09/27/at-least-21-lynched-in-alachua-county-historical-commission-confirms/|publisher=WUFT-TV |access-date=9 January 2018|date=27 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="TrentonMob">{{cite news|title= Small Florida Town Scene Big Doings Recently |url=http://genealogytrails.com/fla/gilchrist/news_crime.html|publisher=Genealogy Trails History Group: Pensacola Journal |access-date=10 April 2018|date=23 July 1915}}</ref>

At the time, the city of Trenton was still located in Alachua County, which had the sixth highest number of [[lynching]]s of counties in Florida.<ref>[https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-supplement-by-county.pdf ''Lynching in America''/ Supplement: Lynchings by County, 3rd Edition, 2015, p.2]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Trenton is in a rural area, and is the hometown of country music singer [[Easton Corbin]] and MLB player, Wyatt Langford of the Texas Rangers.

===2018 Shooting===
On Thursday, April 19, 2018, two Gilchrist County Sheriff's deputies were attacked and slain by a lone gunman while on duty, eating lunch at a local restaurant. The two deputies were identified by Sheriff Bobby Schultz as Sergeant Noel Ramirez and Deputy Taylor Lindsey. The killer, identified as Gilchrist County resident John Hubert Highnote, was found outside the restaurant in his vehicle, where he had committed suicide. The investigation into any possible motive was inconclusive.<ref>"CBS News"[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gunman-shoots-kills-2-deputies-in-trenton-florida-restaurant/], April 20, 2018</ref>