New Trenton, Indiana

New Trenton, Indiana
Census-designated place
Location of New Trenton in Franklin County, Indiana.
Location of New Trenton in Franklin County, Indiana.
New Trenton is located in Indiana
New Trenton
New Trenton
Coordinates: 39°18′32″N 84°53′49″W / 39.30889°N 84.89694°W / 39.30889; -84.89694
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyFranklin
TownshipWhitewater
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.44 sq mi (1.14 km2)
 • Land0.44 sq mi (1.14 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
755 ft (230 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
269
 • Density609.98/sq mi (235.38/km2)
ZIP code
47035 [1]
FIPS code18-53712[3]
GNIS feature ID2587023[2]

New Trenton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Whitewater Township, Franklin County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 252.[4] It has a ZIP code 47035.[5]

History

New Trenton was laid out in 1816.[6] The community was named after Trenton, New Jersey, the native home of a share of the first settlers.[7] The New Trenton post office was established in 1817.[8]

Geography

New Trenton is located in southeastern Franklin County in the valley of the Whitewater River, a southeasterly-flowing tributary of the Great Miami River. U.S. Route 52 passes through the community, leading northwest (upriver) 11 miles (18 km) to Brookville and southeast (downriver) 6.5 miles (10.5 km) to Harrison, Ohio.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the New Trenton CDP has an area of 0.44 square miles (1.14 km2), all land.[4]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020269—
U.S. Decennial Census[9]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Trenton, Indiana
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), New Trenton CDP, Indiana". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  5. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  6. ^ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp. 131.
  7. ^ "New Trenton". Franklin County Historical Society. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  8. ^ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
  9. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  10. ^ John Calvert-Magician


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