Editing Trenton, Kentucky

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Trenton, Kentucky
|settlement_type          = [[List of cities in Kentucky|City]]
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|image_caption            = The junction of [[U.S. Route 41|US 41]] and [[Kentucky Route 104|KY 104]] in Trenton
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|map_caption              = Location of Trenton in Todd County, Kentucky.
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Kentucky]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Todd County, Kentucky|Todd]]
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.57
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 326
|population_density_sq_mi = 572.93

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|utc_offset               = -6
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|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                = [[Area code 270|270]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 21-77592
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0505487
|website                  = {{URL|http://www.trentonky.org/}}
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|area_total_km2 = 1.48
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'''Trenton''' is a city in [[Todd County, Kentucky|Todd County]], [[Kentucky]], United States. The population was 384 at the [[2010 United States Census|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==
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{{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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{Todd County, Kentucky}}

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