Editing Trenton, New York

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|official_name            = Trenton, New York
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|leader_name              = Stephen A Godfrey ([[United States Republican Party|R]]) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://towntrenton.digitaltowpath.org:10031/content|title=Town Of Trenton: Homepage: [Digital Towpath]}}</ref>
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 |1           = • Stephen A. Godfrey ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |2           = • Michael J. Bennison ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |3           = • Betsy Beil Mack ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |4           = • Michael Hoke ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
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'''Trenton''' (called '''''Ose-te-a-da-que''''', "''in the bone''" by the [[Iroquois|Haudenosaunee]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/annalsrecollecti01jone#page/872/mode/2up |title=Annals and recollections of Oneida County |last=Jones |first=Pomroy |date=1851 |publisher=Published by the author |location=[[Rome, New York]] |page=872}}</ref>) is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in [[Oneida County, New York]], United States. The population was 4,297 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020"/>

== History ==
The first settlement was developed in 1793 by [[Gerrit Boon]] in Barneveldt, as an agent of the [[Holland Land Company]]. Boon went back to Holland after a few years. His successor was [[Adam Gerard Mappa]], a Dutch typesetter. At the end of his life, Mappa's friend [[Francis Adrian Vanderkemp]] moved to Barneveld.

The town was formed in 1797 from the [[Schuyler, New York|Town of Schuyler]] (in [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer County]], [[New York (state)|New York]]). The name may have been selected because some local soldiers fought at the [[Battle of Trenton]]. The town includes areas from the Holland and Servis Patents.

The [[Wethersfield Stone Schoolhouse]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2005.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|43.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|43.4|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2}} (0.78%) is water.

The [[West Canada Creek]] forms the eastern town line, the border of [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer County]].

The town lent its name to the "Trenton Group", a [[limestone]] bed that extends to [[Minnesota]].

The [[Wethersfield Stone Schoolhouse]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2005.<ref name="nris"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1800= 624
|1810= 1548
|1820= 2617
|1830= 3221
|1840= 3178
|1850= 3540
|1860= 3504
|1870= 3156
|1880= 3097
|1890= 2709
|1900= 2628
|1910= 2402
|1920= 2389
|1930= 2262
|1940= 2295
|1950= 2522
|1960= 3417
|1970= 4429
|1980= 4683
|1990= 4682
|2000= 4670
|2010= 4498
|2020= 4297
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 4,670 people, 1,776 households, and 1,287 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|107.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,932 housing units at an average density of {{convert|44.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 98.07% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.39% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.06% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.54% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.77% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.34% of the population.

There were 1,776 households, out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $49,559, and the median income for a family was $56,377. Males had a median income of $32,523 versus $28,516 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $23,139.  About 2.6% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.4% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.

== Communities and locations in Trenton ==
*[[Barneveld, New York|Barneveld]]&nbsp;&ndash; The hamlet of Barneveld is in the east-central part of the town, west of Trenton Falls.
*Barneveld Station&nbsp;&ndash; A location south of Barneveld on [[New York State Route&nbsp;12]] (NY&nbsp;12).
*Fox Hill &ndash; An elevation located north-northeast of Barneveld.
*Hinckley&nbsp;&ndash; A [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] located on [[New York State Route 365|NY&nbsp;365]] near the Hinckley Reservoir on the north bank of West Canada Creek.
*[[Holland Patent, New York|Holland Patent]]&nbsp;&ndash; The Village of Holland Patent is in the southwestern part of the town on NY&nbsp;365.
*Mapledale&nbsp;&ndash; A location south of Barneveld.
*[[Prospect, New York|Prospect]]&nbsp;&ndash; A hamlet in the northeastern corner of the town.
*South Trenton&nbsp;&ndash; Located off NY&nbsp;12 near the southern town border with [[Deerfield, New York|Deerfield]].
*Steuben Valley&nbsp;&ndash; A hamlet at the western town line.
*[[Trenton Falls]]&nbsp;&ndash; A waterfall and hamlet at the eastern town line on [[West Canada Creek]].
*Trenton Falls Station&nbsp;&ndash; A location west of Trenton Falls.

==Notable people==
* [[John Waldo Douglas]] (1818–1883) -  [[Presbyterian]] minister born in Trenton
* [[Mary E. Norton]] (1833-1916) - [[Congregationalism in the United States|Congregational]] minister and home missionary worker, born in Trenton
* [[Hal Schumacher]], (1910–1993), was a professional baseball player for [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]].
* [[Daniel H. Wells]] (1814–1891) - frontier politician, religious leader born in Trenton

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://trentonny.gov Town of Trenton, NY]

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[[Category:Utica–Rome metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Towns in Oneida County, New York]]
[[Category:Towns in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1793]]
[[Category:1793 establishments in New York (state)]]

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