Editing Trenton, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
[[File:2014-05-12 12 17 50 View of the "Falls of the Delaware" and downtown Trenton, New Jersey from Morrisville, Pennsylvania.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|275px|The "Falls of the Delaware" at Trenton]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the city had a total area of 8.21 square miles (21.25&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 7.58 square miles (19.63&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.63 square miles (1.62&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (7.62%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> In terms of land area, Trenton is also the [[List of capitals in the United States#State capitals|second-smallest of the United States capital cities]], behind [[Annapolis, Maryland]].<ref>[https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-10-smallest-state-capitals.html The 10 Least Populated State Capitals] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823221311/https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-10-smallest-state-capitals.html |date=August 23, 2023 }}, World Atlas. Accessed August 23, 2023. "Annapolis, Maryland, the 8th smallest state capital by population is also the smallest state capital in size with an area of 6.73 square miles. Other small capitals include Trenton, New Jersey (7.66 sq mi); Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (8.11 sq mi); and Montpelier, Vermont (10.2 sq mi)."</ref>

Trenton is located near the [[Geographical centre|geographic center]] of the state, which is located {{convert|5|mi|km}} southeast of the city.<ref>[http://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=NJ Science In Your Backyard: New Jersey] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821165759/https://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=NJ |date=August 21, 2007 }}, [[United States Geological Survey]]. Accessed October 28, 2014.</ref><ref>Stirling, Stephen. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/us_census_shows_nj_turnpike_in.html "U.S. Census shows East Brunswick as statistical center of N.J."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612191013/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/us_census_shows_nj_turnpike_in.html |date=June 12, 2018 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], March 31, 2011. Accessed May 21, 2017. "The state's geographic center remains Hamilton Township in Mercer County, just southeast of Trenton."</ref>

Mercer County constitutes its own [[metropolitan statistical area]], the Trenton-[[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]] MSA, which is part of the [[Tri-State area (New York-New Jersey-Connecticut)|Tri-State Region]].<ref name="auto" /> Locals consider Trenton to be a part of [[Central Jersey]], and thus part of neither [[North Jersey]] nor [[South Jersey]] though sometimes included in both.<ref>Weiss, Daniel. [https://njmonthly.com/articles/towns-schools/northsouth-skirmishes/ "North/South Skirmishes; A film tries to draw the line between North and South Jersey."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185029/https://njmonthly.com/articles/towns-schools/northsouth-skirmishes/ |date=June 12, 2018 }}, ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', April 30, 2008. Accessed June 12, 2018.</ref> They are generally split as to whether they are within New York or Philadelphia's sphere of influence. While it is closer to Philadelphia, many people commute to New York City and have moved there to escape the New York region's high housing costs.

Trenton is one of two state capitals that border another state—the other being [[Carson City, Nevada]].<ref>Howe, Randy. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XzoN1OJoXK4C&pg=PT1159 ''Nifty 50 States Brainiac''], p. 1159. [[Kaplan Publishing]], 2008. {{ISBN|9781427797117}}. Accessed February 12, 2014. "Carson City is one of just two capital cities in the United States that borders another state; the other is Trenton, New Jersey."</ref>

Trenton borders [[Ewing Township, New Jersey|Ewing Township]], [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]] and [[Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Lawrence Township]] in Mercer County; and [[Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Falls Township]], [[Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Makefield Township]] and [[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville]] in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania]], across the [[Delaware River]] in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010539/touches.html Areas touching Trenton] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809143310/https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010539/touches.html |date=August 9, 2020 }}, MapIt. Accessed March 15, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.dvrpc.org/Mapping/Maps/pdf/Mercer_MCDs.pdf Municipalities within Mercer County, NJ] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127232518/https://www.dvrpc.org/Mapping/Maps/pdf/Mercer_MCDs.pdf |date=November 27, 2019 }}, [[Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204213712/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf |date=December 4, 2003 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

The [[Northeast Corridor]] goes through Trenton. A straight line drawn between [[Center City, Philadelphia]] and [[Downtown Manhattan]] would pass within 2000 feet of the [[New Jersey State House]].

Several bridges across the [[Delaware River]] connect Trenton to [[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville]], [[Pennsylvania]], all of which are operated by the [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]].<ref>[https://www.drjtbc.org/bridge-info/ Discover Our Bridges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231000825/http://www.drjtbc.org/bridge-info/|date=December 31, 2019}}, [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]]. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref> The [[Trenton–Morrisville Toll Bridge]], originally constructed in 1952, stretches {{convert|1324|ft}}, carrying [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]].<ref>[https://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/trenton-morrisville/ Trenton-Morrisville (Rt. 1) Toll Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219073042/http://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/trenton-morrisville/|date=December 19, 2019}}, [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]]. Accessed December 1, 2019. "The Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge carries U.S. Route 1 over the Delaware River between Trenton, New Jersey and Morrisville, Pennsylvania.... The bridge is a twelve-span, simply supported composite steel girder and concrete deck structure with an overall length of 1,324 feet."</ref> The [[Lower Trenton Bridge]], bearing the legend "TRENTON MAKES THE WORLD TAKES", is a {{convert|1022|ft|adj=on}} span that was constructed in 1928 on the site of a bridge that dates back to 1804.<ref>[https://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/lower-trenton-bridge/ Lower Trenton Toll-Supported Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125085817/http://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/lower-trenton-bridge/|date=November 25, 2019}}, [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]]. Accessed December 1, 2019. "The Lower Trenton Toll-Supported Bridge, also known as the 'Trenton Makes The World Takes Bridge,' connects Warren Street in Trenton, N.J. with East Bridge Street in Morrisville, Pa. -- one of three bridges connecting the two communities.... The current 1,022-foot bridge is a five-span Warren Truss built in 1928."</ref> The [[Calhoun Street Bridge]], dating back to 1884, is {{convert|1274|ft}} long.<ref>[https://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/calhoun-street/ Calhoun Street Toll-Supported Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219072659/http://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/calhoun-street/|date=December 19, 2019}}, [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]]. Accessed December 1, 2019. "The Calhoun Street Toll-Supported Bridge is the oldest bridge structure owned and operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. It turned 125 years old on October 20, 2009.... Of the 20 bridges in the DRJTBC system, the Calhoun Street Toll-Supported Bridge is the only one made of wrought iron. A Phoenix Pratt truss with a total length of 1,274 feet, it also holds the distinction as the Commission’s longest through-truss bridge and the Commission’s only seven-span truss bridge."</ref>

===Neighborhoods===
[[File:2014-05-15 15 18 32 View down the Delaware and Raritan Canal from where it emerges from beneath the Trenton Freeway (U.S. Route 1) at Mulberry Street in Trenton, New Jersey.JPG|thumb|275px|[[Delaware and Raritan Canal]] flowing under Mulberry St.]]
Trenton is home to numerous neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods. The main neighborhoods are taken from the four [[cardinal direction]]s. Trenton was once home to large Italian, Hungarian, and Jewish communities, but, since the 1950s, demographic shifts have changed the city into a relatively segregated urban enclave of middle and lower income African Americans and newer immigrants, many of whom arrive from Latin America. Italians are scattered throughout the city, but a distinct Italian community is centered in the [[Chambersburg, New Jersey|Chambersburg]] neighborhood, in South Trenton.<ref>Di Ionno, Mark. [http://blog.nj.com/njv_mark_diionno/2007/07/in_trenton_time_marches_on_and.html "Chambersburg"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724071617/http://blog.nj.com/njv_mark_diionno/2007/07/in_trenton_time_marches_on_and.html |date=July 24, 2013 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', July 17, 2007. Accessed March 16, 2012. "The difference between Chambersburg, the traditional Italian section of Trenton, and other city neighborhoods that have undergone 'natural progression' is that Chambersburg hung on so long."</ref> This community has been in decline since the 1970s, largely due to economic and social shifts to the suburbs surrounding the city. Today Chambersburg has a large Latino community. Many of the Latino immigrants are from Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua. There is also a significant and growing Asian community in the Chambersburg neighborhood primarily made up of Burmese and Bhutanese/Nepali refugees.

The [[North Trenton|North Ward]], once a mecca for the city's middle class, is now one of the most economically distressed, torn apart by race riots following the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]] in 1968. Nonetheless, the area still retains many important architectural and historic sites. North Trenton still has a large [[Polish-American]] neighborhood that borders Lawrence Township, many of whom attend [[St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic Church]] on Brunswick Avenue. St. Hedwig's church was built in 1904 by Polish immigrants, many of whose families still attend the church. North Trenton is also home to the historic Shiloh Baptist Church—one of the largest houses of worship in Trenton and the oldest African American church in the city, founded in 1888.<ref>Richard Grubb & Associates. [http://www.trentonhistory.org/THS--Trenton_AA_report-2.pdf ''Three Centuries of African-American History in Trenton: A Preliminary Inventory of Historic Sites''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221075642/http://www.trentonhistory.org/THS--Trenton_AA_report-2.pdf |date=December 21, 2018 }}, Trenton Historic Society, September 2011. Accessed December 1, 2019. "Shiloh Baptist Church is the city’s oldest African-American Baptist congregation. The first groups of Black Baptists were formed in the city around 1880, with Shiloh formally organized in 1896."</ref> The church is currently pastored by Rev. Darrell L. Armstrong, who carried the Olympic torch in 2002 for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Also located just at the southern tip of North Trenton is the city's Battle Monument, also known as "Five Points". It is a {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}} structure that marks the spot where [[George Washington]]'s [[Continental Army]] launched the [[Battle of Trenton]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. It faces downtown Trenton and is a symbol of the city's historic past.<ref name=BattleMonument/>

[[South Trenton|South Ward]] is a diverse neighborhood, home to many Latin American, Italian-American, and African American residents.<ref>[http://www.trentonian.com/article/20091018/NEWS/310189979 "In their own words, South Ward candidates explain why they should win City Council seat"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210638/http://www.trentonian.com/article/20091018/NEWS/310189979 |date=June 12, 2018 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]'', October 18, 2009. Accessed June 12, 2018.</ref>  The Chambersburg neighborhood was once noted in the region as a destination for its many [[Italian cuisine|Italian]] restaurants and pizzerias. With changing demographics, many of these businesses have either closed or relocated to suburban locations. 

[[East Trenton|East Ward]] is the smallest neighborhood in Trenton and is home to the [[Trenton Transit Center]] and [[Trenton Central High School]]. 

West Ward is the home of Trenton's more suburban neighborhoods.

[[File:Trenton neighborhoods.png|thumb|600px|center|Map of neighborhoods in Trenton, New Jersey]]
Neighborhoods in the city include:<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=July 9, 2016 }}, State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>
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*[[Downtown Trenton, New Jersey|Downtown Trenton]]
**[[Hanover/Academy, Trenton, New Jersey|Hanover/Academy]]
**[[Mill Hill, Trenton, New Jersey|Mill Hill]]
*[[East Trenton, New Jersey|East Trenton]]
**[[Coalport/North Clinton, Trenton, New Jersey|Coalport/North Clinton]]
**[[Ewing/Carroll, Trenton, New Jersey|Ewing/Carroll]]
**[[Greenwood/Hamilton, Trenton, New Jersey|Greenwood/Hamilton]]
**Villa Park
**[[Wilbur, Trenton, New Jersey|Wilbur]]
*Western Trenton (not the same as [[West Trenton, New Jersey|West Trenton]], which is outside the city limits in [[Ewing Township, New Jersey|Ewing]])
**[[Berkeley Square, Trenton, New Jersey|Berkeley Square]]
**[[Cadwalader Heights, Trenton, New Jersey|Cadwalader Heights]]
**Central West
**[[Fisher/Richey/Perdicaris, Trenton, New Jersey|Fisher/Richey/Perdicaris]]
**Glen Afton
**[[Hillcrest, Trenton, New Jersey|Hillcrest]]
**[[Hiltonia, Trenton, New Jersey|Hiltonia]]
**Parkside
**Pennington/Prospect
**Stuyvesant/Prospect
**[[The Island, Trenton, New Jersey|The Island]]
**West End
*[[South Trenton, New Jersey|South Trenton]]
**[[Chambersburg, Trenton, New Jersey|Chambersburg]]
**Chestnut Park
**[[Duck Island, New Jersey|Duck Island]]
**Franklin Park
**[[Lamberton, New Jersey|Lamberton/Waterfront]]
*[[North Trenton, New Jersey|North Trenton]]
**[[Battle Monument, Trenton, New Jersey|Battle Monument (Five Points)]]
**North 25
**[[Top Road, Trenton, New Jersey|Top Road]]
{{Div col end}}