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Trenton, New Jersey

February 15, 2024

Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 until December 24, 1784.[24][25] Trenton and Princeton are the two principal cities of the Trenton–Princeton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Mercer County for statistical purposes and constitutes part of the New York combined statistical area by the U.S. Census Bureau.[26] However, Trenton directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area to its west, and the city was part of the Philadelphia combined statistical area from 1990 until 2000.[27]

Trenton, New Jersey
State capital city
Downtown Trenton along the Delaware River
New Jersey State House
Trenton City Hall
Mill Hill Historic District
Turning Point Church
Trenton War Memorial
Broad Street National Bank
Flag
Seal
Nickname(s): 
The Capital City,
Turning Point of the Revolution
Motto(s): 
"Trenton Makes, The World Takes"[1]
Location of Trenton in Mercer County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Mercer County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left).
Census Bureau map of Trenton, New Jersey
Interactive map of Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton
Location in Mercer County
Trenton
Location in New Jersey
Trenton
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°13′13″N 74°45′57″W / 40.22028°N 74.76583°W / 40.22028; -74.76583[2][3]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMercer
FoundedJune 3, 1719
IncorporatedNovember 13, 1792
Named forWilliam Trent
Government
[8]
 • TypeFaulkner Act
 • BodyCity Council
 • MayorReed Gusciora (term ends December 31, 2026)[4][5]
 • AdministratorAdam E. Cruz[6]
 • Municipal clerkBrandon Garcia[7]
Area
[9]
 • State capital city8.20 sq mi (21.25 km2)
 • Land7.61 sq mi (19.70 km2)
 • Water0.60 sq mi (1.55 km2)  7.62%
 • Rank229th of 565 in state
9th of 12 in county[2]
Elevation
[12]
59 ft (18 m)
Population
 (2020)[13][14]
 • State capital city90,871
 • Estimate 
(2022)[13][15]
89,661
 • Rank382nd in country (as of 2022)[16]
10th of 565 in state
2nd of 12 in county[17]
 • Density11,989.8/sq mi (4,629.3/km2)
  • Rank25th of 565 in state
1st of 12 in county[17]
 • Urban
370,422 (US: 112th)[11]
 • Urban density2,782.4/sq mi (1,074.3/km2)
 • Metro
387,340 (US: 143rd)[10]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Codes
08608–08611, 08618–08620, 08625, 08628, 08629, 08638[18][19]
Area code609[20]
FIPS code3402174000[2][21][22]
GNIS feature ID0885421[2][23]
Websitewww.trentonnj.org

In the 2020 United States census, Trenton was the state's 10th-most-populous municipality,[28] with a population of 90,871,[13][14] an increase of 5,958 (+7.0%) from the 2010 census count of 84,913,[29][30] which in turn had reflected a decline of 490 (−0.6%) from the 85,403 counted in the 2000 census.[31] The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 89,661 in 2022,[13] ranking the city the 382nd-most-populous in the country.[16] Trenton is the only city in New Jersey that serves three separate commuter rail transit systems (Amtrak, NJ Transit, and SEPTA), and the city has encouraged a spate of transit-oriented development since 2010.[32]

Trenton dates back at least to June 3, 1719, when mention was made of a constable being appointed for Trenton while the area was still part of Hunterdon County. Boundaries were recorded for Trenton Township as of March 2, 1720.[33] A courthouse and jail were constructed in Trenton around 1720, and the Freeholders of Hunterdon County met annually in Trenton.[34]

Abraham Hunt was appointed in 1764 as Trenton's first Postmaster.[35][36] On November 25, 1790, Trenton became New Jersey's capital, and by November 13, 1792, the City of Trenton was formed within Trenton Township. Trenton Township was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. On February 22, 1834, portions of Trenton Township were taken to form Ewing Township. The remaining portion of Trenton Township was absorbed by the city on April 10, 1837. A series of annexations took place over a 50-year period with the city absorbing South Trenton (April 14, 1851), portions of Nottingham Township (April 14, 1856), Chambersburg Township and Millham Township (both on March 30, 1888), and Wilbur (February 28, 1898). Portions of Ewing Township and Hamilton Township were annexed to Trenton on March 23, 1900.[33][37]

History edit

 
The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776, a painting by John Trumbull
 
The Old Barracks in Trenton, New Jersey

The earliest known inhabitants of the area that is today Trenton were the Lenape Native Americans.[38] The first European settlement in what would become Trenton was established by Quakers in 1679, in the region then called the Falls of the Delaware, led by Mahlon Stacy from Handsworth, Sheffield, England. Quakers were being persecuted in England at this time, and North America provided an opportunity to exercise their religious freedom.[39]

By 1719, the town adopted the name "Trent-towne", after William Trent, one of its leading landholders who purchased much of the surrounding land from Stacy's family. This name was later shortened to "Trenton".[40][41][42]

The first municipal boundaries were recorded on March 2, 1720, and a courthouse and jail were constructed around the same time.[43]

In 1758, the Old Barracks were built to house British soldiers during the French and Indian War. On January 19, 1764, Benjamin Franklin, Postmaster General of the colonies, appointed Abraham Hunt, a Lieutenant Colonel in the New Jersey Hunterdon County militia and prominent merchant in Trenton, as the city's first postmaster. Hunt was again appointed Trenton's postmaster on October 13, 1775, shortly after the American Revolutionary War broke out.[35][36]

During the American Revolutionary War, Trenton was the site of the Battle of Trenton. On December 25–26, 1776, George Washington and his army crossed the icy Delaware River to Trenton, where they defeated Hessian troops garrisoned there.[44] The second battle of Trenton, Battle of the Assunpink Creek, was fought here on January 2, 1777.[45] After the war, the Congress of the Confederation met for two months at the French Arms Tavern from November 1, 1784, to December 24, 1784.[25] While the city was preferred by New England and other northern states as a permanent capital for the new country, the southern states ultimately prevailed in their choice of a location south of the Mason–Dixon line.[46] On April 21, 1789, the city hosted a reception for George Washington on his journey to New York City for his first inauguration.[47] The Trenton Battle Monument, a 150-foot (46 m) granite column topped with a statue of George Washington, was built in 1893 to commemorate the battle.[48]

Trenton became the state capital in 1790, but prior to that year the New Jersey Legislature often met in the city.[49] The city was incorporated on November 13, 1792.[33] In 1792, the New Jersey State House was built, making it the third-oldest state house in the country.[48] In 1799, the federal government relocated its offices to Trenton for a period of several months, following an outbreak of yellow fever in the then-capital of Philadelphia.[50]

During the War of 1812, the United States Army's primary hospital was at a site on Broad Street.[51]

Trenton had maintained an iron industry since the 1730s and a pottery industry since at least 1723. The completion of both the Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Camden and Amboy Railroad in the 1830s spurred industrial development in Trenton. In 1845, industrialist Peter Cooper opened a rolling mill. In 1848, engineer John Roebling moved his wire rope mill to the city, where suspension cables for bridges were manufactured, including the Brooklyn Bridge. In the late 19th century, Walter Scott Lenox was internationally recognized for the fine china made in his Trenton factory. Throughout the 19th century, Trenton grew steadily, as European immigrants came to work in its pottery and wire rope mills. Trenton became known as an industrial hub for railroads, trucking, rubber, plastics, metalworking, electrical, automobile parts, glass, and textiles industries.[48]

In 1837, with the population now too large for government by council, a new mayoral government was adopted, with by-laws that remain in operation to this day.[52] During the latter half of the century, Trenton annexed multiple municipalities: South Trenton Borough on April 14, 1851, portions of Nottingham Township on April 14, 1856, Chambersburg and Millham Township on March 30, 1888, and Wilbur borough on February 28, 1898.[43]

In 1855, the College of New Jersey was founded in Trenton. In 1865, Rider University was also founded in Trenton. Mercer Community College in Trenton in 1966.[48]

The Trenton Six were a group of black men arrested for the alleged murder of an elderly white shopkeeper in January 1948 with a soda bottle. They were arrested without warrants, denied lawyers and sentenced to death based on what were described as coerced confessions. With the involvement of the Communist Party and the NAACP, there were several appeals, resulting in a total of four trials. Eventually the accused men (with the exception of one who died in prison) were released. The incident was the subject of the book Jersey Justice: The Story of the Trenton Six, written by Cathy Knepper.[53][54]

In the 1950s, the State of New Jersey purchased a large portion of what was then Stacy Park, a large riverfront park located next to downtown that contained large open lawns, landscaping, and promenades. Much of the park was demolished to make way for the construction of Route 29, despite the protests toward its construction. After it was built, the area was then mostly filled with parking lots and scattered state office buildings, disconnecting the city with the riverfront.[55]

Riots of 1968 edit

The Trenton Riots of 1968 were a major civil disturbance that took place during the week following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis on April 4. Race riots broke out nationwide following the murder of the civil rights activist. More than 200 Trenton businesses, mostly in Downtown, were ransacked and burned. More than 300 people, most of them young black men, were arrested on charges ranging from assault and arson to looting and violating the mayor's emergency curfew. In addition to 16 injured policemen, 15 firefighters were treated at city hospitals for injuries suffered while fighting raging blazes or inflicted by rioters. Area residents pulled false alarms and would then throw bricks at firefighters responding to the alarm boxes. This experience, along with similar experiences in other major cities, effectively ended the use of open-cab fire engines. As an interim measure, the Trenton Fire Department fabricated temporary cab enclosures from steel deck plating until new equipment could be obtained. The losses incurred by downtown businesses were initially estimated by the city to be $7 million, but the total of insurance claims and settlements came to $2.5 million.[56]

Trenton's Battle Monument neighborhood was hardest hit. Since the 1950s, North Trenton had witnessed a steady exodus of middle-class residents, and the riots spelled the end for North Trenton. By the 1970s, the region had become one of the most blighted and crime-ridden in the city.[57]

Geography edit

 
The "Falls of the Delaware" at Trenton

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 8.21 square miles (21.25 km2), including 7.58 square miles (19.63 km2) of land and 0.63 square miles (1.62 km2) of water (7.62%).[2][3] In terms of land area, Trenton is also the second-smallest of the United States capital cities, behind Annapolis, Maryland.[58]

Several bridges across the Delaware River connect Trenton to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, all of which are operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.[59] The Trenton–Morrisville Toll Bridge, originally constructed in 1952, stretches 1,324 feet (404 m), carrying U.S. Route 1.[60] The Lower Trenton Bridge, bearing the legend "Trenton Makes The World Takes Bridge", is a 1,022-foot (312 m) span that was constructed in 1928 on the site of a bridge that dates back to 1804.[61] The Calhoun Street Bridge, dating back to 1884, is 1,274 feet (388 m) long.[62]

Trenton is located near the geographic center of the state, which is located 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of the city.[63][64] The city is sometimes included as part of North Jersey and as the southernmost city of the Tri-State Region, while others consider it a part of South Jersey and thus, the northernmost city of the Delaware Valley.[65]

However, Mercer County constitutes its own metropolitan statistical area, the Trenton-Princeton MSA.[26] Locals consider Trenton to be a part of Central Jersey, and thus part of neither region. They are generally split as to whether they are within New York or Philadelphia's sphere of influence. While it is geographically closer to Philadelphia, many people who have recently moved to the area commute to New York City, and have moved there to escape the New York region's high housing costs.[citation needed]

Trenton is one of two state capitals that border another state—the other being Carson City, Nevada.[66] It is also one of the seven state capitals located within the Piedmont Plateau.

Trenton borders Ewing Township, Hamilton Township and Lawrence Township in Mercer County; and Falls Township, Lower Makefield Township and Morrisville in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River in Pennsylvania.[67][68][69]

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.

Neighborhoods edit

 
Delaware and Raritan Canal flowing under Mulberry Street

Trenton is home to numerous neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods. The main neighborhoods are taken from the four cardinal directions (North, South, East, and West). 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 neighborhood, in South Trenton.[70] 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 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.[71] 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 150 ft (46 m) 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.[72]

South Ward is a diverse neighborhood, home to many Latin American, Italian-American, and African American residents.[73]

East Ward is the smallest neighborhood in Trenton and is home to the Trenton Transit Center and Trenton Central High School. The Chambersburg neighborhood is within the East Ward and was once noted in the region as a destination for its many Italian restaurants and pizzerias. With changing demographics, many of these businesses have either closed or relocated to suburban locations. West Ward is the home of Trenton's more suburban neighborhoods.

 
Map of neighborhoods in Trenton, New Jersey

Neighborhoods in the city include:[74]

Climate edit

According to the Köppen climate classification, Trenton lies in the transition from a cooler humid continental climate (Dfa) and the warmer humid subtropical (Cfa), and precipitation fairly evenly distributed through the year. The Cfa climate is the result of adiabatic warming of the Appalachians, low altitude and proximity to the coast without being on the immediate edge for moderate temperatures.[75]

Summers are hot and humid, with a July daily average of 76.3 °F (24.6 °C); temperatures reaching or exceeding 90 °F (32 °C) occur on 21.8 days.[76] Episodes of extreme heat and humidity can occur with heat index values reaching 100 °F (38 °C). Extremes in air temperature have ranged from −14 °F (−26 °C) on February 9, 1934, up to 106 °F (41 °C) as recently as July 22, 2011.[77] However, air temperatures reaching 0 °F (−18 °C) or 100 °F (38 °C) are uncommon.

Winters are cold and damp: the daily average temperature in January is 32.0 °F (0.0 °C),[76] and temperatures at or below 10 °F (−12 °C) occur on 3.9 nights annually, while there are 17 days where the temperature fails to rise above freezing.[78] Episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur with wind chill values below 0 °F (−18 °C), every few years. The plant hardiness zone at the Trenton Municipal Court is 7a with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 1.2 °F (−17.1 °C).[79]

The average precipitation is 45.47 inches (115 cm) per year, which is fairly evenly distributed through the year.[76][78] The driest month on average is February, with 2.63 in (67 mm) of precipitation on average, while the wettest month is July with 4.39 in (11 cm) of rainfall on average which corresponds with the annual peak in thunderstorm activity.[76][78] The all-time single-day rainfall record is 7.25 in (18.4 cm) on September 16, 1999, during the passage of Hurricane Floyd.[78] The all-time monthly rainfall record is 14.55 in (37.0 cm) in August 1955, due to the passage of Hurricane Connie and Hurricane Diane. The wettest year on record was 1996, when 67.90 in (172 cm) of precipitation fell. On the flip side, the driest month on record was October 1963, when only 0.05 in (0.1 cm) of rain was recorded. The 28.79 in (73 cm) of precipitation recorded in 1957 were the lowest ever for the city.[80]

Snowfall can vary even more year to year. The average seasonal (November–April) snowfall total is 24 to 30 inches (61 to 76 cm), but has ranged from as low as 2 in (5.1 cm) in the winter of 1918–1919 to as high as 76.5 in (194.3 cm) in 1995–1996, which included the greatest single-storm snowfall, the Blizzard of January 7–8, 1996, when 24.2 inches (61.5 cm) of snow fell.[81] The average snowiest month is February which corresponds with the annual peak in nor'easter activity.

Climate data for Trenton, New Jersey (Trenton–Mercer Airport) 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1865–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 73
(23) 		78
(26) 		87
(31) 		93
(34) 		99
(37) 		100
(38) 		106
(41) 		105
(41) 		101
(38) 		94
(34) 		83
(28) 		76
(24) 		106
(41)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 62.7
(17.1) 		62.7
(17.1) 		74.2
(23.4) 		83.0
(28.3) 		88.6
(31.4) 		93.4
(34.1) 		96.3
(35.7) 		94.3
(34.6) 		89.7
(32.1) 		81.4
(27.4) 		72.0
(22.2) 		64.2
(17.9) 		97.2
(36.2)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 39.7
(4.3) 		42.8
(6.0) 		50.8
(10.4) 		62.9
(17.2) 		72.4
(22.4) 		81.0
(27.2) 		86.0
(30.0) 		84.0
(28.9) 		77.1
(25.1) 		65.5
(18.6) 		54.5
(12.5) 		44.4
(6.9) 		63.4
(17.4)
Daily mean °F (°C) 32.0
(0.0) 		34.3
(1.3) 		41.7
(5.4) 		52.5
(11.4) 		62.0
(16.7) 		71.0
(21.7) 		76.3
(24.6) 		74.4
(23.6) 		67.4
(19.7) 		55.7
(13.2) 		45.4
(7.4) 		36.8
(2.7) 		54.1
(12.3)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 24.3
(−4.3) 		25.9
(−3.4) 		32.7
(0.4) 		42.1
(5.6) 		51.6
(10.9) 		60.9
(16.1) 		66.6
(19.2) 		64.8
(18.2) 		57.7
(14.3) 		45.9
(7.7) 		36.3
(2.4) 		29.3
(−1.5) 		44.8
(7.1)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 7.2
(−13.8) 		10.0
(−12.2) 		17.9
(−7.8) 		29.0
(−1.7) 		37.7
(3.2) 		48.3
(9.1) 		57.0
(13.9) 		54.4
(12.4) 		43.2
(6.2) 		31.6
(−0.2) 		21.8
(−5.7) 		14.8
(−9.6) 		5.1
(−14.9)
Record low °F (°C) −16
(−27) 		−14
(−26) 		0
(−18) 		11
(−12) 		31
(−1) 		39
(4) 		46
(8) 		39
(4) 		34
(1) 		21
(−6) 		9
(−13) 		−8
(−22) 		−16
(−27)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.29
(84) 		2.63
(67) 		3.97
(101) 		3.63
(92) 		3.99
(101) 		4.25
(108) 		4.39
(112) 		4.22
(107) 		4.09
(104) 		3.79
(96) 		3.18
(81) 		4.04
(103) 		45.47
(1,155)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 7.9
(20) 		8.6
(22) 		4.9
(12) 		0.5
(1.3) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.1
(0.25) 		0.5
(1.3) 		4.3
(11) 		26.8
(67.85)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 10.1 10.1 11.0 11.5 12.0 11.9 10.8 10.0 8.6 10.0 8.5 11.0 125.5
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 4.6 4.3 2.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.3 14.4
Average relative humidity (%) 65.4 61.7 58.0 57.0 62.1 66.1 66.2 68.8 69.8 68.8 66.9 66.5 64.8
Average dew point °F (°C) 21.7
(−5.7) 		22.8
(−5.1) 		28.1
(−2.2) 		37.7
(3.2) 		48.7
(9.3) 		59.4
(15.2) 		63.9
(17.7) 		63.5
(17.5) 		57.0
(13.9) 		45.6
(7.6) 		35.9
(2.2) 		26.5
(−3.1) 		42.7
(5.9)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 163.1 169.7 207.4 227.2 248.1 262.8 269.2 252.5 215.0 201.5 149.3 140.1 2,505.9
Percent possible sunshine 54 57 56 57 56 58 59 59 57 58 50 48 56
Source 1: NOAA (sun 1961–1981)[82][83][84]
Source 2: PRISM Climate Group (humidity and dew point)[85]


Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
17901,946—
18103,000—
18203,94231.4%
18303,925−0.4%
18404,035*2.8%
18506,46160.1%
186017,228*166.6%
187022,87432.8%
188029,91030.8%
189057,458*92.1%
190073,30727.6%
191096,81532.1%
1920119,28923.2%
1930123,3563.4%
1940124,6971.1%
1950128,0092.7%
1960114,167−10.8%
1970104,638−8.3%
198092,124−12.0%
199088,675−3.7%
200085,403−3.7%
201084,913−0.6%
202090,8717.0%
2022 (est.)89,661[13][16][15]−1.3%
Population sources: 1790–1920[86]
1840[87] 1850–1870[88] 1850[89]
1870[90] 1880–1890[91] 1910–1930[92]
1940–2000[93] 2000[94][95]
2010[29][30] 2020[13][14]
* = Territory change in previous decade.[33]

2020 census edit

Trenton, New Jersey – Racial and Ethnic Composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
The US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[96] Pop 2020[97] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 11,442 8,510 13.47% 9.36%
Black or African American alone (NH) 42,286 38,386 49.80% 42.24%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 219 144 0.26% 0.16%
Asian alone (NH) 923 592 1.09% 0.65%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 30 24 0.04% 0.03%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 106 440 0.12% 0.48%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 1,286 1,870 1.51% 2.06%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28,621 40,905 33.71% 45.01%
Total 84,913 90,871 100.00% 100.00%

2010 census edit

The 2010 United States census counted 84,913 people, 28,578 households, and 17,747 families in the city. The population density was 11,101.9 per square mile (4,286.5/km2). There were 33,035 housing units at an average density of 4,319.2 per square mile (1,667.7/km2). The racial makeup was 26.56% (22,549) White, 52.01% (44,160) Black or African American, 0.70% (598) Native American, 1.19% (1,013) Asian, 0.13% (110) Pacific Islander, 15.31% (13,003) from other races, and 4.10% (3,480) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 33.71% (28,621) of the population.[29]

Of the 28,578 households, 32.0% had children under the age of 18; 25.1% were married couples living together; 28.1% had a female householder with no husband present and 37.9% were non-families. Of all households, 30.8% were made up of individuals and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.40.[29]

25.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.6 years. For every 100 females, the population had 106.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 107.2 males.[29]

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $36,601 (with a margin of error of +/− $1,485) and the median family income was $41,491 (+/− $2,778). Males had a median income of $29,884 (+/− $1,715) versus $31,319 (+/− $2,398) for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,400 (+/− $571). About 22.4% of families and 24.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.3% of those under age 18 and 17.5% of those age 65 or over.[98]

Economy edit

 
The Lower Trenton Bridge is commonly referred to among locals as the "Trenton Makes Bridge"

Trenton was a major manufacturing center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One relic of that era is the slogan "Trenton Makes, The World Takes", which is displayed on the Lower Free Bridge (just north of the Trenton–Morrisville Toll Bridge).[99] The city adopted the slogan in 1917 to represent Trenton's then-leading role as a major manufacturing center for rubber, wire rope, ceramics and cigars. It was home to American Standard's largest plumbing fixture manufacturing facility.[100]

Along with many other United States cities in the 1970s, Trenton fell on hard times when manufacturing and industrial jobs declined. Concurrently, state government agencies began leasing office space in the surrounding suburbs. State government leaders (particularly governors William Cahill and Brendan Byrne) attempted to revitalize the downtown area by making it the center of state government. Between 1982 and 1992, more than a dozen office buildings were constructed primarily by the state to house state offices.[101] Today, Trenton's biggest employer is still the state of New Jersey. Each weekday, 20,000 state workers flood into the city from the surrounding suburbs.[102]

Notable businesses of the thousands based in Trenton include Italian Peoples Bakery, a wholesale and retail bakery established in 1936.[103] De Lorenzo's Tomato Pies and Papa's Tomato Pies were also fixtures of the city for many years, though both recently relocated to the suburbs.

Urban Enterprise Zone edit

Portions of Trenton are part of an Urban Enterprise Zone. The city was selected in 1983 as one of the initial group of 10 zones chosen to participate in the program.[104] In addition to other benefits to encourage employment within the Zone, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% sales tax rate (half of the 6+5⁄8% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.[105] Established in January 1986, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in December 2023.[106]

The UEZ program in Trenton and four other original UEZ cities had been allowed to lapse as of January 1, 2017, after Governor Chris Christie, who called the program an "abject failure", vetoed a compromise bill that would have extended the status for two years.[107] In May 2018, Governor Phil Murphy signed a law that reinstated the program in these five cities and extended the expiration date in other zones.[108]

In 2018, the city had an average property tax bill of $3,274, the lowest in the county, compared to an average bill of $8,292 in Mercer County and $8,767 statewide.[109][110] The city had the sixth-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 5.264% in 2020, compared to 2.760% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.[111]

Television market edit

Trenton has long been part of the Philadelphia television market. After the 2000 United States census, Trenton was shifted from the Philadelphia metropolitan statistical area to the New York metropolitan statistical area. With a similar shift by the New Haven, Connecticut, area to the New York area, they were the first two cases where metropolitan statistical areas differed from their defined Nielsen television markets.[112]

Trenton was the site of the studios of the former public television station New Jersey Network.

Landmarks edit

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey

Sports edit

Club League Venue MLB affiliate Established Championships
Trenton Thunder MLB Draft League Trenton Thunder Ballpark None 1994 5
 
Arm & Hammer Park

Because of Trenton's near-equal distance to both New York City and Philadelphia, and because most homes in Mercer County receive network broadcasts from both cities, locals are sharply divided in fan loyalty between both cities. It is common to find Philadelphia's Phillies, Eagles, 76ers, Union and Flyers fans cheering (and arguing) right alongside fans of New York's Yankees, Mets, Nets, Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, Jets, Red Bulls and Giants or the New Jersey Devils.[126]

Between 1948 and 1979, Trenton Speedway, located in adjacent Hamilton Township, hosted world class auto racing. Drivers such as Jim Clark, A. J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, Richard Petty and Bobby Allison raced on the one-mile (1.6 km) asphalt oval and then re-configured 1+1⁄2-mile race track.[127] The speedway, which closed in 1980, was part of the larger New Jersey State Fairgrounds complex, which also closed in 1983. The former site of the speedway and fairgrounds is now the Grounds for Sculpture.[128]

The Trenton Thunder, minor league team owned by Joe Plumeri, plays at 6,341-seat Arm & Hammer Park, the stadium which Plumeri had previously named after his father in 1999.[129][130][131] The team was previously affiliated with the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, and, before moving to Trenton, the Chicago White Sox, but became an unaffiliated collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League beginning in 2021.[132]

The Trenton Freedom of the Professional Indoor Football League were founded in 2013 and played their games at the Sun National Bank Center. The Freedom ended operations in 2015, joining the short-lived Trenton Steel (in 2011) and Trenton Lightning (in 2001) as indoor football teams that had brief operating lives at the arena.[133]

Parks and recreation edit

Government edit

 
Trenton City Hall, seat of local government

Local government edit

See also: Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey

Trenton is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council system of municipal government, one of 79 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.[135] The governing body is comprised of a mayor and a seven-member city council. Three city council members are elected at-large, and four come from each of four wards. The mayor and council members are elected concurrently on a non-partisan basis to four-year terms of office as part of the November general election.[8][136][137]

In October 2020, the city council overrode a mayoral veto and shifted municipal elections from May to November, with proponents citing the increased turnout and savings to the city of $180,000 in each election cycle. The mayor and members of council all had their term-end dates extended by six months and moved to December 31 from June 30, 2022.[138] The city retained a runoff provision that would have a December runoff in the event that the candidate with the highest number of votes does not obtain a majority.[139]

As of 2023, the mayor of Trenton is Reed Gusciora, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026; before taking office as mayor, Gusciora had served in the New Jersey General Assembly.[140] Members of the city council are Jasi Edwards (at-large), Crystal Feliciano (at-large), Teska Frisby (West Ward), Yazminelly Gonzalez (at-large), Joseph A. Harrison (East Ward), Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg (South Ward) and Jennifer Williams (North Ward).[4][141][142][143][144][145]

As they had not exceeded the minimum of 50 percent in the November 2022 general election, a run-off was held in December for the seats in the North and South Wards. Jennifer Williams won the North seat by a single vote against Algernon Ward,[146] which made Williams the first transgender individual to be elected to a city council position in New Jersey history as well as being the first LGBTQ+ city council member in Trenton history.[147] Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg won the South ward seat, defeating Damian G. Malave who had been ahead on Election Day but short of the cutoff, while a January 2023 runoff had Jasi Edwards, Crystal Feliciano and Yazminelly Gonzalez winning the three at-large seats.[143][144][148]

In February 2023, Judge William Anklowitz of the New Jersey Superior Court heard a case for election challenges in the North Ward runoff election for both candidates Algernon Ward and Jennifer Williams. Three of the ballots Ward contested were all rejected because they were mail-in ballots that were returned without the required inner envelope. The other rejection Ward challenged was a case involving a cure letter that a voter sent to the wrong place, leading to it being not counted. Williams contested one ballot that was not counted due to it having both a vote for Ward and for Williams. Judge Anklowitz determined that the slash through Ward's vote signaled the voter's intention to vote for Williams and thus determined the vote should have been counted. These election challenges were heard following a recount that was held that did not change the outcome of the vote. Jennifer Williams thus remained to hold her seat on Trenton City Council for the North Ward seat.[149]

In February 2022, the city council appointed Sonya Wilkins to fill the at-large seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Jerell A. Blakeley until he resigned from office the previous month to take a job outside the state.[150]

Mayor's conviction and removal from office edit

On February 7, 2014, Tony F. Mack and his brother, Raphiel, were convicted by a federal jury of bribery, fraud and extortion, based on the details of their participation in a scheme to take money in exchange for helping get approvals to develop a downtown parking garage as part of a sting operation by law enforcement.[151] Days after the conviction, the office of the New Jersey Attorney General filed motions to have Mack removed from office, as state law requires the removal of elected officials after convictions for corruption.[152] Initially, Mack fought the removal of him from the office but on February 26, a superior court judge ordered his removal and any actions taken by Mack between February 7 and the 26th could have been reversed by Muschal.[153] Previously, Mack's housing director quit after it was learned he had a theft conviction. His chief of staff was arrested trying to buy heroin. His half-brother, whose authority he elevated at the city water plant, was arrested on charges of stealing. His law director resigned after arguing with Mack over complying with open-records laws and potential violations of laws prohibiting city contracts to big campaign donors.[154]

From February 7 to July 1, 2014, the acting mayor was George Muschal who retroactively assumed the office on that date due to Mack's felony conviction, who had taken office on July 1, 2010.[155] Muschal, who was council president, was selected by the city council to serve as the interim mayor to finish the term.[153]

Federal, state, and county representation edit

 
The New Jersey State House in Trenton

Trenton is located in the 12th Congressional District[156] and is part of New Jersey's 15th state legislative district.[157][158][159][160]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 12th congressional district is represented by Bonnie Watson Coleman (D, Ewing Township).[161][162] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[163] and Bob Menendez (Englewood Cliffs, term ends 2025).[164][165]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 15th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Shirley Turner (D, Lawrence Township) and in the General Assembly by Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D, Trenton) and Anthony Verrelli (D, Hopewell Township).[166]

Mercer County is governed by a County Executive who oversees the day-to-day operations of the county and by a seven-member Board of County Commissioners that acts in a legislative capacity, setting policy. All officials are chosen at-large in partisan elections, with the executive serving a four-year term of office while the commissioners serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year as part of the November general election.[167] As of 2024, the County Executive is Daniel R. Benson (D, Hamilton Township) whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.[168] Mercer County's Commissioners are:

Lucylle R. S. Walter (D, Ewing Township, 2026),[169] Chair John A. Cimino (D, Hamilton Township, 2026),[170] Samuel T. Frisby Sr. (D, Trenton, 2024),[171] Cathleen M. Lewis (D, Lawrence Township, 2025),[172] Vice Chair Kristin L. McLaughlin (D, Hopewell Township, 2024),[173] Nina D. Melker (D, Hamilton Township, 2025)[174] and Terrance Stokes (D, Ewing Township, 2024).[175][176][177]

Mercer County's constitutional officers are: Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello (D, Lawrence Township, 2025),[178][179] Sheriff John A. Kemler (D, Hamilton Township, 2026)[180][181] and Surrogate Diane Gerofsky (D, Lawrence Township, 2026).[182][183][184]

Politics edit

As of March 2011, there were a total of 37,407 registered voters in Trenton, of which 16,819 (45.0%) were registered as Democrats, 1,328 (3.6%) were registered as Republicans and 19,248 (51.5%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 12 voters registered to other parties.[185]

Presidential elections results
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2020[186] 11.2% 2,443 88.2% 19,304 0.6% 146
2016[187] 7.7% 1,715 90.6% 20,131 1.7% 379
2012[188] 6.2% 1,528 93.4% 23,125 0.4% 97
2008[189] 8.2% 2,157 89.9% 23,577 0.5% 141
2004[190] 16.3% 3,791 79.8% 18,539 0.4% 146

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 93.4% of the vote (23,125 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 6.2% (1,528 votes), and other candidates with 0.4% (97 votes), among the 27,831 ballots cast by the city's 40,362 registered voters (3,081 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 69.0%.[188][191] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 89.9% of the vote here (23,577 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 8.2% (2,157 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (141 votes), among the 26,229 ballots cast by the city's 41,005 registered voters, for a turnout of 64.0%.[189]

Gubernatorial elections results
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2021[192] 10.7% 987 88.6% 8,120 0.7% 59
2017[193] 8.6% 872 89.8% 9,128 1.7% 169
2013[194] 24.7% 3,035 74.7% 9,179 0.7% 77
2009[195] 12.4% 1,560 81.6% 10,235 3.5% 440
2005[196] 15.3% 1,982 81.0% 10,484 3.6% 471

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 74.7% of the vote (9,179 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 24.7% (3,035 votes), and other candidates with 0.6% (77 votes), among the 11,884 ballots cast by the city's 38,452 registered voters (407 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 30.9%.[194][197] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 81.6% of the vote here (10,235 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 12.4% (1,560 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 2.4% (305 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (135 votes), among the 12,537 ballots cast by the city's 38,345 registered voters, yielding a 32.7% turnout.[195]

Fire department edit

The city of Trenton is protected on a full-time basis by the city of Trenton Fire and Emergency Services Department (TFD), which has been a paid department since 1892 after having been originally established in 1747 as a volunteer fire department.[198] The TFD operates out of seven fire stations and operates a fire apparatus fleet of 7 engine companies, 3 ladder companies and one rescue company, along with one HAZMAT unit, an air cascade unit, a mobile command unit, a foam unit, one fireboat, and numerous special, support and reserve units, under the command of two battalion chiefs and a deputy chief/tour commander each shift.[199][200]

Education edit

Colleges and universities edit

Trenton is the home of two post-secondary institutions: Thomas Edison State University, serving adult students around the nation and worldwide[201] and Mercer County Community College's James Kerney Campus.[202]

The College of New Jersey, formerly named Trenton State College, was founded in Trenton in 1855 and is now located in nearby Ewing Township. Rider University was founded in Trenton in 1865 as The Trenton Business College. In 1959, Rider moved to its current location in nearby Lawrence Township.[203]

Public schools edit

The Trenton Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.[204] The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[205] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[206][207] The district's board of education, comprised of seven members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its superintendent administration. As a Type I school district, the board's trustees are appointed by the mayor to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for re-appointment each year. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[208][209] The school district has undergone a 'construction' renaissance throughout the district.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of 20 schools, had an enrollment of 14,500 students and 884.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.4:1.[210] Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[211]) are Columbus Elementary School[212] (371 students; in grades K–5), Franklin Elementary School[213] (405; K–5), Grant Elementary School[214] (571; Pre-K–5), Gregory Elementary School[215] (567; K–5), Harrison Elementary School[216] (221; Pre-K–5), P.J. Hill Elementary School[217] (800; Pre-K–5), Jefferson Elementary School[218] (434; K–5), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School[219] (775; K–5), Mott Elementary School[220] (426; K–5), Parker Elementary School[221] (531; K–5), Robbins Elementary School[222] (541; K–5), Washington Elementary School[223] (409; K–5), Wilson Elementary School[224] (498; Pre-K–5), Grace A. Dunn Middle School[225] (893; 6–8), Hedgepeth-Williams Middle School[226] (674; 6–8), Joyce Kilmer Middle School[227] (370; 6–8), Luis Munoz Rivera Middle School[228] (483; 6–8), Trenton Ninth Grade Academy[229] (707; 9), Daylight/Twilight Alternative High School[230] (443; 9–12) and Trenton Central High School[231] (1,818; 9–12).[232][233][234]

Eighth-grade students from all of Mercer County are eligible to apply to attend the high school programs offered by the Mercer County Technical Schools, a county-wide vocational school district that offers full-time career and technical education at its Health Sciences Academy, STEM Academy and Academy of Culinary Arts, with no tuition charged to students for attendance.[235][236]

Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf (previously New Jersey School for the Deaf and New Jersey State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb), the statewide school for the deaf, opened in Trenton in 1883 and was there until 1923, when it moved to West Trenton.[237]

Charter schools edit

Trenton is home to several charter schools, including Capital Preparatory Charter High School, Emily Fisher Charter School, Foundation Academy Charter School, International Charter School, Paul Robeson Charter School and Village Charter School.[238]

The International Academy of Trenton, owned and monitored by the SABIS school network, became a charter school in 2014. On February 22, 2017, Trenton's mayor, Eric Jackson, visited the school when it opened its doors in the former Trenton Times building on 500 Perry Street, after completion of a $17 million renovation project. After receiving notice from the New Jersey Department of Education that the school's charter would not be renewed due to issues with academic performance and school management, the school closed its doors on June 30, 2018.[239]

Private schools edit

Trenton Catholic Academy high school serves students in grades 9–12, while Trenton Catholic Academy grammar school serves students in Pre-K through 8th grade; both schools operate under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton.[240]

Trenton is home to Al-Bayaan Academy, which opened for preschool students in September 2001 and added grades in subsequent years.[241]

Trenton Community Music School is a not-for-profit community school of the arts. The school was founded by executive director Marcia Wood in 1997. The school operates at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church (on Tuesdays) and the Copeland Center for the Performing Arts (on Saturdays).

Crime edit

The Trenton Police Department was founded in 1792, when the city was incorporated. It works in conjunction with the Mercer County Sheriff's Office.[242]

In 2005, there were 31 homicides in Trenton, which at that time was the largest number in a single year in the city's history.[243] The city was named the 4th "Most Dangerous" in 2005 out of 129 cities with a population of 75,000 to 99,999 ranked nationwide in the 12th annual Morgan Quitno survey.[244] In the 2006 survey, Trenton was ranked as the 14th most dangerous city overall out of 371 cities included nationwide in the Morgan Quitno survey, and was again named as the fourth most dangerous municipality of 126 cities in the 75,000–99,999 population range.[245]

In September 2011, the city laid off 108 police officers due to budget cuts; this constituted almost one-third of the Trenton Police Department and required 30 senior officers to be sent out on patrols in lieu of supervisory duties.[246]

In 2013, the city set a new record with 37 homicides.[247] In 2014, there were 23 murders through the end of July and the city's homicide rate was on track to break the record set the previous year until an 81-day period when there were no murders in Trenton; the city ended the year with 34 murders.[248][249] In 2020, the city surpassed the 2013 homicide number with a record 40 homicides.[250]

New Jersey State Prison edit

The New Jersey State Prison (formerly Trenton State Prison) has two maximum security units. It houses some of the state's most dangerous individuals, which included New Jersey's death row population until the state banned capital punishment in 2007.[251]

The following is inscribed over the original entrance to the prison:

Labor, Silence, Penitence.
The Penitentiary House,
Erected By Legislative
Authority.
Richard Howell, Governor.
In The XXII Year Of
American Independence
MDCCXCVII
That Those Who Are Feared
For Their Crimes
May Learn To Fear The Laws
And Be Useful
Hic Labor, Hic Opus.[252]

Transportation edit

Roads and highways edit

 
U.S. Route 1 through downtown Trenton, looking north from the East State Street overpass

As of May 2010, the city had a total of 168.80 miles (271.66 km) of roadways, of which 145.57 miles (234.27 km) were maintained by the municipality, 11.33 miles (18.23 km) by Mercer County, 10.92 miles (17.57 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 0.99 miles (1.59 km) by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.[253]

Several highways pass through the city.[254] These include the Trenton Freeway (part of U.S. Route 1)[255] and the John Fitch Parkway, which is part of Route 29.[256] Canal Boulevard, more commonly known as Route 129, connects U.S. Route 1 and Route 29 in South Trenton.[257] U.S. Route 206,[258] Route 31[259] and Route 33[260] also pass through the city via regular city streets (Broad Street/Brunswick Avenue/Princeton Avenue, Pennington Avenue, and Greenwood Avenue, respectively).

Route 29 connects the city to Interstate 295 and Interstate 195, the latter providing a connection to the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) at Exit 7A in Robbinsville Township, although the section near downtown is planned to be converted to an urban boulevard.[261]

Public transportation edit

 
The Trenton Transit Center, which serves Amtrak, NJ Transit, and SEPTA

Public transportation within the city and to/from its nearby suburbs is provided in the form of local bus routes run by NJ Transit. SEPTA provides bus service to adjacent Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

The Trenton Transit Center, located on the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor, serves as the northbound terminus for SEPTA's Trenton Line (local train service to Philadelphia) and southbound terminus for NJ Transit Rail's Northeast Corridor Line (local train service to New York Penn Station). The train station also serves as the northbound terminus for the River Line, a diesel light rail line that runs to Camden.[262] Two additional River Line stops, Cass Street and Hamilton Avenue, are located within the city.[263]

Long-distance transportation is provided by Amtrak train service along the Northeast Corridor.[264]

The closest commercial airport is Trenton–Mercer Airport in Ewing Township, about 8 miles (13 km) from the center of Trenton, which has been served by Frontier Airlines offering service to and from 13 points nationwide.[265]

Other nearby major airports are Newark Liberty International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport, located 55.2 miles (88.8 km) and 43.4 miles (69.8 km) away, respectively, and reachable by direct New Jersey Transit or Amtrak rail link (to Newark) and by SEPTA Regional Rail (to Philadelphia).

NJ Transit Bus Operations provides bus service between Trenton and Philadelphia on the 409 route, with service to surrounding communities on the 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 606, 607, 608, 609 and 611 routes.[266][267]

The Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association offers service on the Route 130 Connection between the Trenton Transit Center and the South Brunswick warehouse district with stops along the route including Hamilton train station, Hamilton Marketplace, Hightstown and East Windsor Town Center Plaza.[268]

Media edit

Trenton is served by two daily newspapers, The Times and The Trentonian, and a monthly advertising magazine, "The City" Trenton N.E.W.S.. Radio station WKXW and Top 40 WPST are also licensed to Trenton. Defunct periodicals include the Trenton True American. A local television station, WPHY-CD TV-25, serves the Trenton area.[269]

Trenton is officially part of the Philadelphia television market but some local pay TV operators also carry stations serving the New York City market. While it is its own radio market, many Philadelphia and New York stations are easily receivable.

Notable people edit

Main article: List of people from Trenton, New Jersey
See also: Category:People from Trenton, New Jersey

See also edit

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Trenton is the capital city of the U S state of New Jersey and the seat of Mercer County It was the capital of the United States from November 1 until December 24 1784 24 25 Trenton and Princeton are the two principal cities of the Trenton Princeton metropolitan statistical area which encompasses those cities and all of Mercer County for statistical purposes and constitutes part of the New York combined statistical area by the U S Census Bureau 26 However Trenton directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area to its west and the city was part of the Philadelphia combined statistical area from 1990 until 2000 27 Trenton New JerseyState capital cityDowntown Trenton along the Delaware RiverNew Jersey State HouseTrenton City HallMill Hill Historic DistrictTurning Point ChurchTrenton War MemorialBroad Street National BankFlagSealNickname s The Capital City Turning Point of the RevolutionMotto s Trenton Makes The World Takes 1 Location of Trenton in Mercer County highlighted in red 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of 12 in county 17 Density11 989 8 sq mi 4 629 3 km2 Rank25th of 565 in state1st of 12 in county 17 Urban370 422 US 112th 11 Urban density2 782 4 sq mi 1 074 3 km2 Metro387 340 US 143rd 10 Time zoneUTC 05 00 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 04 00 Eastern EDT ZIP Codes08608 08611 08618 08620 08625 08628 08629 08638 18 19 Area code609 20 FIPS code3402174000 2 21 22 GNIS feature ID0885421 2 23 Websitewww wbr trentonnj wbr orgIn the 2020 United States census Trenton was the state s 10th most populous municipality 28 with a population of 90 871 13 14 an increase of 5 958 7 0 from the 2010 census count of 84 913 29 30 which in turn had reflected a decline of 490 0 6 from the 85 403 counted in the 2000 census 31 The Census Bureau s Population Estimates Program calculated that the city s population was 89 661 in 2022 13 ranking the city the 382nd most populous in the country 16 Trenton is the only city in New Jersey that serves three separate commuter rail transit systems Amtrak NJ Transit and SEPTA and the city has encouraged a spate of transit oriented development since 2010 32 Trenton dates back at least to June 3 1719 when mention was made of a constable being appointed for Trenton while the area was still part of Hunterdon County Boundaries were recorded for Trenton Township as of March 2 1720 33 A courthouse and jail were constructed in Trenton around 1720 and the Freeholders of Hunterdon County met annually in Trenton 34 Abraham Hunt was appointed in 1764 as Trenton s first Postmaster 35 36 On November 25 1790 Trenton became New Jersey s capital and by November 13 1792 the City of Trenton was formed within Trenton Township Trenton Township was incorporated as one of New Jersey s initial group of 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21 1798 On February 22 1834 portions of Trenton Township were taken to form Ewing Township The remaining portion of Trenton Township was absorbed by the city on April 10 1837 A series of annexations took place over a 50 year period with the city absorbing South Trenton April 14 1851 portions of Nottingham Township April 14 1856 Chambersburg Township and Millham Township both on March 30 1888 and Wilbur February 28 1898 Portions of Ewing Township and Hamilton Township were annexed to Trenton on March 23 1900 33 37 Contents 1 History 1 1 Riots of 1968 2 Geography 2 1 Neighborhoods 3 Climate 4 Demographics 4 1 2020 census 4 2 2010 census 5 Economy 5 1 Urban Enterprise Zone 5 2 Television market 6 Landmarks 7 Sports 8 Parks and recreation 9 Government 9 1 Local government 9 1 1 Mayor s conviction and removal from office 9 2 Federal state and county representation 9 3 Politics 10 Fire department 11 Education 11 1 Colleges and universities 11 2 Public schools 11 2 1 Charter schools 11 3 Private schools 12 Crime 12 1 New Jersey State Prison 13 Transportation 13 1 Roads and highways 13 2 Public transportation 14 Media 15 Notable people 16 See also 17 References 18 Sources 19 External linksHistory edit nbsp The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton December 26 1776 a painting by John Trumbull nbsp The Old Barracks in Trenton New JerseyThe earliest known inhabitants of the area that is today Trenton were the Lenape Native Americans 38 The first European settlement in what would become Trenton was established by Quakers in 1679 in the region then called the Falls of the Delaware led by Mahlon Stacy from Handsworth Sheffield England Quakers were being persecuted in England at this time and North America provided an opportunity to exercise their religious freedom 39 By 1719 the town adopted the name Trent towne after William Trent one of its leading landholders who purchased much of the surrounding land from Stacy s family This name was later shortened to Trenton 40 41 42 The first municipal boundaries were recorded on March 2 1720 and a courthouse and jail were constructed around the same time 43 In 1758 the Old Barracks were built to house British soldiers during the French and Indian War On January 19 1764 Benjamin Franklin Postmaster General of the colonies appointed Abraham Hunt a Lieutenant Colonel in the New Jersey Hunterdon County militia and prominent merchant in Trenton as the city s first postmaster Hunt was again appointed Trenton s postmaster on October 13 1775 shortly after the American Revolutionary War broke out 35 36 During the American Revolutionary War Trenton was the site of the Battle of Trenton On December 25 26 1776 George Washington and his army crossed the icy Delaware River to Trenton where they defeated Hessian troops garrisoned there 44 The second battle of Trenton Battle of the Assunpink Creek was fought here on January 2 1777 45 After the war the Congress of the Confederation met for two months at the French Arms Tavern from November 1 1784 to December 24 1784 25 While the city was preferred by New England and other northern states as a permanent capital for the new country the southern states ultimately prevailed in their choice of a location south of the Mason Dixon line 46 On April 21 1789 the city hosted a reception for George Washington on his journey to New York City for his first inauguration 47 The Trenton Battle Monument a 150 foot 46 m granite column topped with a statue of George Washington was built in 1893 to commemorate the battle 48 Trenton became the state capital in 1790 but prior to that year the New Jersey Legislature often met in the city 49 The city was incorporated on November 13 1792 33 In 1792 the New Jersey State House was built making it the third oldest state house in the country 48 In 1799 the federal government relocated its offices to Trenton for a period of several months following an outbreak of yellow fever in the then capital of Philadelphia 50 During the War of 1812 the United States Army s primary hospital was at a site on Broad Street 51 Trenton had maintained an iron industry since the 1730s and a pottery industry since at least 1723 The completion of both the Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Camden and Amboy Railroad in the 1830s spurred industrial development in Trenton In 1845 industrialist Peter Cooper opened a rolling mill In 1848 engineer John Roebling moved his wire rope mill to the city where suspension cables for bridges were manufactured including the Brooklyn Bridge In the late 19th century Walter Scott Lenox was internationally recognized for the fine china made in his Trenton factory Throughout the 19th century Trenton grew steadily as European immigrants came to work in its pottery and wire rope mills Trenton became known as an industrial hub for railroads trucking rubber plastics metalworking electrical automobile parts glass and textiles industries 48 In 1837 with the population now too large for government by council a new mayoral government was adopted with by laws that remain in operation to this day 52 During the latter half of the century Trenton annexed multiple municipalities South Trenton Borough on April 14 1851 portions of Nottingham Township on April 14 1856 Chambersburg and Millham Township on March 30 1888 and Wilbur borough on February 28 1898 43 In 1855 the College of New Jersey was founded in Trenton In 1865 Rider University was also founded in Trenton Mercer Community College in Trenton in 1966 48 The Trenton Six were a group of black men arrested for the alleged murder of an elderly white shopkeeper in January 1948 with a soda bottle They were arrested without warrants denied lawyers and sentenced to death based on what were described as coerced confessions With the involvement of the Communist Party and the NAACP there were several appeals resulting in a total of four trials Eventually the accused men with the exception of one who died in prison were released The incident was the subject of the book Jersey Justice The Story of the Trenton Six written by Cathy Knepper 53 54 In the 1950s the State of New Jersey purchased a large portion of what was then Stacy Park a large riverfront park located next to downtown that contained large open lawns landscaping and promenades Much of the park was demolished to make way for the construction of Route 29 despite the protests toward its construction After it was built the area was then mostly filled with parking lots and scattered state office buildings disconnecting the city with the riverfront 55 Riots of 1968 edit The Trenton Riots of 1968 were a major civil disturbance that took place during the week following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr in Memphis on April 4 Race riots broke out nationwide following the murder of the civil rights activist More than 200 Trenton businesses mostly in Downtown were ransacked and burned More than 300 people most of them young black men were arrested on charges ranging from assault and arson to looting and violating the mayor s emergency curfew In addition to 16 injured policemen 15 firefighters were treated at city hospitals for injuries suffered while fighting raging blazes or inflicted by rioters Area residents pulled false alarms and would then throw bricks at firefighters responding to the alarm boxes This experience along with similar experiences in other major cities effectively ended the use of open cab fire engines As an interim measure the Trenton Fire Department fabricated temporary cab enclosures from steel deck plating until new equipment could be obtained The losses incurred by downtown businesses were initially estimated by the city to be 7 million but the total of insurance claims and settlements came to 2 5 million 56 Trenton s Battle Monument neighborhood was hardest hit Since the 1950s North Trenton had witnessed a steady exodus of middle class residents and the riots spelled the end for North Trenton By the 1970s the region had become one of the most blighted and crime ridden in the city 57 Geography edit nbsp The Falls of the Delaware at TrentonAccording to the U S Census Bureau the city had a total area of 8 21 square miles 21 25 km2 including 7 58 square miles 19 63 km2 of land and 0 63 square miles 1 62 km2 of water 7 62 2 3 In terms of land area Trenton is also the second smallest of the United States capital cities behind Annapolis Maryland 58 Several bridges across the Delaware River connect Trenton to Morrisville Pennsylvania all of which are operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission 59 The Trenton Morrisville Toll Bridge originally constructed in 1952 stretches 1 324 feet 404 m carrying U S Route 1 60 The Lower Trenton Bridge bearing the legend Trenton Makes The World Takes Bridge is a 1 022 foot 312 m span that was constructed in 1928 on the site of a bridge that dates back to 1804 61 The Calhoun Street Bridge dating back to 1884 is 1 274 feet 388 m long 62 Trenton is located near the geographic center of the state which is located 5 miles 8 0 km southeast of the city 63 64 The city is sometimes included as part of North Jersey and as the southernmost city of the Tri State Region while others consider it a part of South Jersey and thus the northernmost city of the Delaware Valley 65 However Mercer County constitutes its own metropolitan statistical area the Trenton Princeton MSA 26 Locals consider Trenton to be a part of Central Jersey and thus part of neither region They are generally split as to whether they are within New York or Philadelphia s sphere of influence While it is geographically closer to Philadelphia many people who have recently moved to the area commute to New York City and have moved there to escape the New York region s high housing costs citation needed Trenton is one of two state capitals that border another state the other being Carson City Nevada 66 It is also one of the seven state capitals located within the Piedmont Plateau Trenton borders Ewing Township Hamilton Township and Lawrence Township in Mercer County and Falls Township Lower Makefield Township and Morrisville in Bucks County Pennsylvania across the Delaware River in Pennsylvania 67 68 69 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 Neighborhoods edit nbsp Delaware and Raritan Canal flowing under Mulberry StreetTrenton is home to numerous neighborhoods and sub neighborhoods The main neighborhoods are taken from the four cardinal directions North South East and West 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 neighborhood in South Trenton 70 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 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 71 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 150 ft 46 m 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 72 South Ward is a diverse neighborhood home to many Latin American Italian American and African American residents 73 East Ward is the smallest neighborhood in Trenton and is home to the Trenton Transit Center and Trenton Central High School The Chambersburg neighborhood is within the East Ward and was once noted in the region as a destination for its many Italian restaurants and pizzerias With changing demographics many of these businesses have either closed or relocated to suburban locations West Ward is the home of Trenton s more suburban neighborhoods nbsp Map of neighborhoods in Trenton New JerseyNeighborhoods in the city include 74 Downtown Trenton Hanover Academy Mill Hill East Trenton Coalport North Clinton Ewing Carroll Greenwood Hamilton Villa Park Wilbur Western Trenton not the same as West Trenton which is outside the city limits in Ewing Berkeley Square Cadwalader Heights Central West Fisher Richey Perdicaris Glen Afton Hillcrest Hiltonia Parkside Pennington Prospect Stuyvesant Prospect The Island West End South Trenton Chambersburg Chestnut Park Duck Island Franklin Park Lamberton Waterfront North Trenton Battle Monument Five Points North 25 Top RoadClimate editAccording to the Koppen climate classification Trenton lies in the transition from a cooler humid continental climate Dfa and the warmer humid subtropical Cfa and precipitation fairly evenly distributed through the year The Cfa climate is the result of adiabatic warming of the Appalachians low altitude and proximity to the coast without being on the immediate edge for moderate temperatures 75 Summers are hot and humid with a July daily average of 76 3 F 24 6 C temperatures reaching or exceeding 90 F 32 C occur on 21 8 days 76 Episodes of extreme heat and humidity can occur with heat index values reaching 100 F 38 C Extremes in air temperature have ranged from 14 F 26 C on February 9 1934 up to 106 F 41 C as recently as July 22 2011 77 However air temperatures reaching 0 F 18 C or 100 F 38 C are uncommon Winters are cold and damp the daily average temperature in January is 32 0 F 0 0 C 76 and temperatures at or below 10 F 12 C occur on 3 9 nights annually while there are 17 days where the temperature fails to rise above freezing 78 Episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur with wind chill values below 0 F 18 C every few years The plant hardiness zone at the Trenton Municipal Court is 7a with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 1 2 F 17 1 C 79 The average precipitation is 45 47 inches 115 cm per year which is fairly evenly distributed through the year 76 78 The driest month on average is February with 2 63 in 67 mm of precipitation on average while the wettest month is July with 4 39 in 11 cm of rainfall on average which corresponds with the annual peak in thunderstorm activity 76 78 The all time single day rainfall record is 7 25 in 18 4 cm on September 16 1999 during the passage of Hurricane Floyd 78 The all time monthly rainfall record is 14 55 in 37 0 cm in August 1955 due to the passage of Hurricane Connie and Hurricane Diane The wettest year on record was 1996 when 67 90 in 172 cm of precipitation fell On the flip side the driest month on record was October 1963 when only 0 05 in 0 1 cm of rain was recorded The 28 79 in 73 cm of precipitation recorded in 1957 were the lowest ever for the city 80 Snowfall can vary even more year to year The average seasonal November April snowfall total is 24 to 30 inches 61 to 76 cm but has ranged from as low as 2 in 5 1 cm in the winter of 1918 1919 to as high as 76 5 in 194 3 cm in 1995 1996 which included the greatest single storm snowfall the Blizzard of January 7 8 1996 when 24 2 inches 61 5 cm of snow fell 81 The average snowiest month is February which corresponds with the annual peak in nor easter activity Climate data for Trenton New Jersey Trenton Mercer Airport 1991 2020 normals extremes 1865 presentMonth Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 73 23 78 26 87 31 93 34 99 37 100 38 106 41 105 41 101 38 94 34 83 28 76 24 106 41 Mean maximum F C 62 7 17 1 62 7 17 1 74 2 23 4 83 0 28 3 88 6 31 4 93 4 34 1 96 3 35 7 94 3 34 6 89 7 32 1 81 4 27 4 72 0 22 2 64 2 17 9 97 2 36 2 Mean daily maximum F C 39 7 4 3 42 8 6 0 50 8 10 4 62 9 17 2 72 4 22 4 81 0 27 2 86 0 30 0 84 0 28 9 77 1 25 1 65 5 18 6 54 5 12 5 44 4 6 9 63 4 17 4 Daily mean F C 32 0 0 0 34 3 1 3 41 7 5 4 52 5 11 4 62 0 16 7 71 0 21 7 76 3 24 6 74 4 23 6 67 4 19 7 55 7 13 2 45 4 7 4 36 8 2 7 54 1 12 3 Mean daily minimum F C 24 3 4 3 25 9 3 4 32 7 0 4 42 1 5 6 51 6 10 9 60 9 16 1 66 6 19 2 64 8 18 2 57 7 14 3 45 9 7 7 36 3 2 4 29 3 1 5 44 8 7 1 Mean minimum F C 7 2 13 8 10 0 12 2 17 9 7 8 29 0 1 7 37 7 3 2 48 3 9 1 57 0 13 9 54 4 12 4 43 2 6 2 31 6 0 2 21 8 5 7 14 8 9 6 5 1 14 9 Record low F C 16 27 14 26 0 18 11 12 31 1 39 4 46 8 39 4 34 1 21 6 9 13 8 22 16 27 Average precipitation inches mm 3 29 84 2 63 67 3 97 101 3 63 92 3 99 101 4 25 108 4 39 112 4 22 107 4 09 104 3 79 96 3 18 81 4 04 103 45 47 1 155 Average snowfall inches cm 7 9 20 8 6 22 4 9 12 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 0 5 1 3 4 3 11 26 8 67 85 Average precipitation days 0 01 in 10 1 10 1 11 0 11 5 12 0 11 9 10 8 10 0 8 6 10 0 8 5 11 0 125 5Average snowy days 0 1 in 4 6 4 3 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 14 4Average relative humidity 65 4 61 7 58 0 57 0 62 1 66 1 66 2 68 8 69 8 68 8 66 9 66 5 64 8Average dew point F C 21 7 5 7 22 8 5 1 28 1 2 2 37 7 3 2 48 7 9 3 59 4 15 2 63 9 17 7 63 5 17 5 57 0 13 9 45 6 7 6 35 9 2 2 26 5 3 1 42 7 5 9 Mean monthly sunshine hours 163 1 169 7 207 4 227 2 248 1 262 8 269 2 252 5 215 0 201 5 149 3 140 1 2 505 9Percent possible sunshine 54 57 56 57 56 58 59 59 57 58 50 48 56Source 1 NOAA sun 1961 1981 82 83 84 Source 2 PRISM Climate Group humidity and dew point 85 Demographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 17901 946 18103 000 18203 94231 4 18303 925 0 4 18404 035 2 8 18506 46160 1 186017 228 166 6 187022 87432 8 188029 91030 8 189057 458 92 1 190073 30727 6 191096 81532 1 1920119 28923 2 1930123 3563 4 1940124 6971 1 1950128 0092 7 1960114 167 10 8 1970104 638 8 3 198092 124 12 0 199088 675 3 7 200085 403 3 7 201084 913 0 6 202090 8717 0 2022 est 89 661 13 16 15 1 3 Population sources 1790 1920 86 1840 87 1850 1870 88 1850 89 1870 90 1880 1890 91 1910 1930 92 1940 2000 93 2000 94 95 2010 29 30 2020 13 14 Territory change in previous decade 33 2020 census edit Trenton New Jersey Racial and Ethnic Composition NH Non Hispanic The US Census treats Hispanic Latino as an ethnic category This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category Hispanics Latinos may be of any race Race Ethnicity Pop 2010 96 Pop 2020 97 2010 2020White alone NH 11 442 8 510 13 47 9 36 Black or African American alone NH 42 286 38 386 49 80 42 24 Native American or Alaska Native alone NH 219 144 0 26 0 16 Asian alone NH 923 592 1 09 0 65 Pacific Islander alone NH 30 24 0 04 0 03 Some Other Race alone NH 106 440 0 12 0 48 Mixed Race Multi Racial NH 1 286 1 870 1 51 2 06 Hispanic or Latino any race 28 621 40 905 33 71 45 01 Total 84 913 90 871 100 00 100 00 2010 census edit The 2010 United States census counted 84 913 people 28 578 households and 17 747 families in the city The population density was 11 101 9 per square mile 4 286 5 km2 There were 33 035 housing units at an average density of 4 319 2 per square mile 1 667 7 km2 The racial makeup was 26 56 22 549 White 52 01 44 160 Black or African American 0 70 598 Native American 1 19 1 013 Asian 0 13 110 Pacific Islander 15 31 13 003 from other races and 4 10 3 480 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 33 71 28 621 of the population 29 Of the 28 578 households 32 0 had children under the age of 18 25 1 were married couples living together 28 1 had a female householder with no husband present and 37 9 were non families Of all households 30 8 were made up of individuals and 9 1 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 79 and the average family size was 3 40 29 25 1 of the population were under the age of 18 11 0 from 18 to 24 32 5 from 25 to 44 22 6 from 45 to 64 and 8 8 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 32 6 years For every 100 females the population had 106 5 males For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 107 2 males 29 The Census Bureau s 2006 2010 American Community Survey showed that in 2010 inflation adjusted dollars median household income was 36 601 with a margin of error of 1 485 and the median family income was 41 491 2 778 Males had a median income of 29 884 1 715 versus 31 319 2 398 for females The per capita income for the city was 17 400 571 About 22 4 of families and 24 5 of the population were below the poverty line including 36 3 of those under age 18 and 17 5 of those age 65 or over 98 Economy edit nbsp The Lower Trenton Bridge is commonly referred to among locals as the Trenton Makes Bridge Trenton was a major manufacturing center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries One relic of that era is the slogan Trenton Makes The World Takes which is displayed on the Lower Free Bridge just north of the Trenton Morrisville Toll Bridge 99 The city adopted the slogan in 1917 to represent Trenton s then leading role as a major manufacturing center for rubber wire rope ceramics and cigars It was home to American Standard s largest plumbing fixture manufacturing facility 100 Along with many other United States cities in the 1970s Trenton fell on hard times when manufacturing and industrial jobs declined Concurrently state government agencies began leasing office space in the surrounding suburbs State government leaders particularly governors William Cahill and Brendan Byrne attempted to revitalize the downtown area by making it the center of state government Between 1982 and 1992 more than a dozen office buildings were constructed primarily by the state to house state offices 101 Today Trenton s biggest employer is still the state of New Jersey Each weekday 20 000 state workers flood into the city from the surrounding suburbs 102 Notable businesses of the thousands based in Trenton include Italian Peoples Bakery a wholesale and retail bakery established in 1936 103 De Lorenzo s Tomato Pies and Papa s Tomato Pies were also fixtures of the city for many years though both recently relocated to the suburbs Urban Enterprise Zone edit Portions of Trenton are part of an Urban Enterprise Zone The city was selected in 1983 as one of the initial group of 10 zones chosen to participate in the program 104 In addition to other benefits to encourage employment within the Zone shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3 3125 sales tax rate half of the 6 5 8 rate charged statewide at eligible merchants 105 Established in January 1986 the city s Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in December 2023 106 The UEZ program in Trenton and four other original UEZ cities had been allowed to lapse as of January 1 2017 after Governor Chris Christie who called the program an abject failure vetoed a compromise bill that would have extended the status for two years 107 In May 2018 Governor Phil Murphy signed a law that reinstated the program in these five cities and extended the expiration date in other zones 108 In 2018 the city had an average property tax bill of 3 274 the lowest in the county compared to an average bill of 8 292 in Mercer County and 8 767 statewide 109 110 The city had the sixth highest property tax rate in New Jersey with an equalized rate of 5 264 in 2020 compared to 2 760 in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2 279 111 Television market edit Trenton has long been part of the Philadelphia television market After the 2000 United States census Trenton was shifted from the Philadelphia metropolitan statistical area to the New York metropolitan statistical area With a similar shift by the New Haven Connecticut area to the New York area they were the first two cases where metropolitan statistical areas differed from their defined Nielsen television markets 112 Trenton was the site of the studios of the former public television station New Jersey Network Landmarks editSee also National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County New Jersey New Jersey State Museum Combines a collection of archaeology and ethnography fine art cultural history and natural history 113 New Jersey State House was originally constructed by Jonathan Doane in 1792 with major additions made in 1845 1865 and 1871 114 New Jersey State Library serves as a central resource for libraries across the state as well as serving the state legislature and government 115 Trenton City Museum Housed in the Italianate style 1848 Ellarslie Mansion since 1978 the museum features artworks and other materials related to the city s history 116 Trenton War Memorial Completed in 1932 as a memorial to the war dead from Mercer County during World War I and owned and operated by the State of New Jersey the building is home to a theater with 1 800 seats that reopened in 1999 after an extensive five year long renovation project 117 Old Barracks Dating back to 1758 and the French and Indian War the Barracks were constructed as a place to house British troops in lieu of housing the soldiers in the homes of area residents The site was used by both the Continental Army and British forces during the Revolutionary War and stands as the last remaining colonial barracks in the state 118 Trenton Battle Monument Located in the heart of the Five Points neighborhood the monument was built to commemorate the Continental Army s victory in the December 26 1776 Battle of Trenton 72 The monument was designed by John H Duncan and features a statue of George Washington atop a pedestal that stands on a granite column 148 feet 45 m in height 119 Trenton City Hall The building was constructed based on a 1907 design by architect Spencer Roberts and opened to the public in 1910 The council chambers stand two stories high and features a mural by Everett Shinn that highlights Trenton s industrial history 120 William Trent House Constructed in 1719 by William Trent who the following year laid out what would become the city of Trenton the house was owned by Governor Lewis Morris who used the house as his official residence in the 1740s Governor Philemon Dickerson used the home as his official residence in the 1830s as did Rodman M Price in the 1850s 121 Adams and Sickles Building added January 31 1980 as 80002498 is a focal point for West End neighborhood and is remembered for its soda fountain and corner druggist 122 Friends Burying Ground adjacent to the Trenton Friends Meeting House is the burial site of several national and state political figures prominent in the city s early history 123 Trenton Friends Meeting House added April 30 2008 as 08000362 dating back to 1739 it was occupied by the British Dragoons in 1776 and by the Continental Army later in the Revolutionary War 124 Carver Center formerly the Sunlight Elks Lodge it was named after George Washington Carver African American agricultural scientist and inventor The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in ethnic heritage Black from 1922 to 1975 125 Old Masonic Temple 1793 historic building put on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to the State House Historic District nbsp The Trenton City Museum located at the Ellarslie Mansion in Cadwalader Park nbsp William Trent House nbsp Carver CenterSports editClub League Venue MLB affiliate Established ChampionshipsTrenton Thunder MLB Draft League Trenton Thunder Ballpark None 1994 5 nbsp Arm amp Hammer ParkBecause of Trenton s near equal distance to both New York City and Philadelphia and because most homes in Mercer County receive network broadcasts from both cities locals are sharply divided in fan loyalty between both cities It is common to find Philadelphia s Phillies Eagles 76ers Union and Flyers fans cheering and arguing right alongside fans of New York s Yankees Mets Nets Knicks Rangers Islanders Jets Red Bulls and Giants or the New Jersey Devils 126 Between 1948 and 1979 Trenton Speedway located in adjacent Hamilton Township hosted world class auto racing Drivers such as Jim Clark A J Foyt Mario Andretti Al Unser Bobby Unser Richard Petty and Bobby Allison raced on the one mile 1 6 km asphalt oval and then re configured 1 1 2 mile race track 127 The speedway which closed in 1980 was part of the larger New Jersey State Fairgrounds complex which also closed in 1983 The former site of the speedway and fairgrounds is now the Grounds for Sculpture 128 The Trenton Thunder minor league team owned by Joe Plumeri plays at 6 341 seat Arm amp Hammer Park the stadium which Plumeri had previously named after his father in 1999 129 130 131 The team was previously affiliated with the New York Yankees Boston Red Sox Detroit Tigers and before moving to Trenton the Chicago White Sox but became an unaffiliated collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League beginning in 2021 132 The Trenton Freedom of the Professional Indoor Football League were founded in 2013 and played their games at the Sun National Bank Center The Freedom ended operations in 2015 joining the short lived Trenton Steel in 2011 and Trenton Lightning in 2001 as indoor football teams that had brief operating lives at the arena 133 Parks and recreation editCadwalader Park Trenton s largest city park covering 109 5 acres 44 3 ha it was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted who is most famous for designing New York City s Central Park 134 Government edit nbsp Trenton City Hall seat of local governmentLocal government edit See also Mayor of Trenton New Jersey Trenton is governed within the Faulkner Act formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law under the Mayor Council system of municipal government one of 79 municipalities of the 564 statewide that use this form of government 135 The governing body is comprised of a mayor and a seven member city council Three city council members are elected at large and four come from each of four wards The mayor and council members are elected concurrently on a non partisan basis to four year terms of office as part of the November general election 8 136 137 In October 2020 the city council overrode a mayoral veto and shifted municipal elections from May to November with proponents citing the increased turnout and savings to the city of 180 000 in each election cycle The mayor and members of council all had their term end dates extended by six months and moved to December 31 from June 30 2022 138 The city retained a runoff provision that would have a December runoff in the event that the candidate with the highest number of votes does not obtain a majority 139 As of 2023 update the mayor of Trenton is Reed Gusciora whose term of office ends December 31 2026 before taking office as mayor Gusciora had served in the New Jersey General Assembly 140 Members of the city council are Jasi Edwards at large Crystal Feliciano at large Teska Frisby West Ward Yazminelly Gonzalez at large Joseph A Harrison East Ward Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg South Ward and Jennifer Williams North Ward 4 141 142 143 144 145 As they had not exceeded the minimum of 50 percent in the November 2022 general election a run off was held in December for the seats in the North and South Wards Jennifer Williams won the North seat by a single vote against Algernon Ward 146 which made Williams the first transgender individual to be elected to a city council position in New Jersey history as well as being the first LGBTQ city council member in Trenton history 147 Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg won the South ward seat defeating Damian G Malave who had been ahead on Election Day but short of the cutoff while a January 2023 runoff had Jasi Edwards Crystal Feliciano and Yazminelly Gonzalez winning the three at large seats 143 144 148 In February 2023 Judge William Anklowitz of the New Jersey Superior Court heard a case for election challenges in the North Ward runoff election for both candidates Algernon Ward and Jennifer Williams Three of the ballots Ward contested were all rejected because they were mail in ballots that were returned without the required inner envelope The other rejection Ward challenged was a case involving a cure letter that a voter sent to the wrong place leading to it being not counted Williams contested one ballot that was not counted due to it having both a vote for Ward and for Williams Judge Anklowitz determined that the slash through Ward s vote signaled the voter s intention to vote for Williams and thus determined the vote should have been counted These election challenges were heard following a recount that was held that did not change the outcome of the vote Jennifer Williams thus remained to hold her seat on Trenton City Council for the North Ward seat 149 In February 2022 the city council appointed Sonya Wilkins to fill the at large seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Jerell A Blakeley until he resigned from office the previous month to take a job outside the state 150 Mayor s conviction and removal from office edit On February 7 2014 Tony F Mack and his brother Raphiel were convicted by a federal jury of bribery fraud and extortion based on the details of their participation in a scheme to take money in exchange for helping get approvals to develop a downtown parking garage as part of a sting operation by law enforcement 151 Days after the conviction the office of the New Jersey Attorney General filed motions to have Mack removed from office as state law requires the removal of elected officials after convictions for corruption 152 Initially Mack fought the removal of him from the office but on February 26 a superior court judge ordered his removal and any actions taken by Mack between February 7 and the 26th could have been reversed by Muschal 153 Previously Mack s housing director quit after it was learned he had a theft conviction His chief of staff was arrested trying to buy heroin His half brother whose authority he elevated at the city water plant was arrested on charges of stealing His law director resigned after arguing with Mack over complying with open records laws and potential violations of laws prohibiting city contracts to big campaign donors 154 From February 7 to July 1 2014 the acting mayor was George Muschal who retroactively assumed the office on that date due to Mack s felony conviction who had taken office on July 1 2010 155 Muschal who was council president was selected by the city council to serve as the interim mayor to finish the term 153 Federal state and county representation edit nbsp The New Jersey State House in TrentonTrenton is located in the 12th Congressional District 156 and is part of New Jersey s 15th state legislative district 157 158 159 160 For the 118th United States Congress New Jersey s 12th congressional district is represented by Bonnie Watson Coleman D Ewing Township 161 162 New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker Newark term ends 2027 163 and Bob Menendez Englewood Cliffs term ends 2025 164 165 For the 2024 2025 session the 15th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Shirley Turner D Lawrence Township and in the General Assembly by Verlina Reynolds Jackson D Trenton and Anthony Verrelli D Hopewell Township 166 Mercer County is governed by a County Executive who oversees the day to day operations of the county and by a seven member Board of County Commissioners that acts in a legislative capacity setting policy All officials are chosen at large in partisan elections with the executive serving a four year term of office while the commissioners serve three year terms of office on a staggered basis with either two or three seats up for election each year as part of the November general election 167 As of 2024 update the County Executive is Daniel R Benson D Hamilton Township whose term of office ends December 31 2027 168 Mercer County s Commissioners are Lucylle R S Walter D Ewing Township 2026 169 Chair John A Cimino D Hamilton Township 2026 170 Samuel T Frisby Sr D Trenton 2024 171 Cathleen M Lewis D Lawrence Township 2025 172 Vice Chair Kristin L McLaughlin D Hopewell Township 2024 173 Nina D Melker D Hamilton Township 2025 174 and Terrance Stokes D Ewing Township 2024 175 176 177 Mercer County s constitutional officers are Clerk Paula Sollami Covello D Lawrence Township 2025 178 179 Sheriff John A Kemler D Hamilton Township 2026 180 181 and Surrogate Diane Gerofsky D Lawrence Township 2026 182 183 184 Politics edit As of March 2011 there were a total of 37 407 registered voters in Trenton of which 16 819 45 0 were registered as Democrats 1 328 3 6 were registered as Republicans and 19 248 51 5 were registered as Unaffiliated There were 12 voters registered to other parties 185 Presidential elections results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties2020 186 11 2 2 443 88 2 19 304 0 6 1462016 187 7 7 1 715 90 6 20 131 1 7 3792012 188 6 2 1 528 93 4 23 125 0 4 972008 189 8 2 2 157 89 9 23 577 0 5 1412004 190 16 3 3 791 79 8 18 539 0 4 146In the 2012 presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received 93 4 of the vote 23 125 cast ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 6 2 1 528 votes and other candidates with 0 4 97 votes among the 27 831 ballots cast by the city s 40 362 registered voters 3 081 ballots were spoiled for a turnout of 69 0 188 191 In the 2008 presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received 89 9 of the vote here 23 577 cast ahead of Republican John McCain with 8 2 2 157 votes and other candidates with 0 5 141 votes among the 26 229 ballots cast by the city s 41 005 registered voters for a turnout of 64 0 189 Gubernatorial elections results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties2021 192 10 7 987 88 6 8 120 0 7 592017 193 8 6 872 89 8 9 128 1 7 1692013 194 24 7 3 035 74 7 9 179 0 7 772009 195 12 4 1 560 81 6 10 235 3 5 4402005 196 15 3 1 982 81 0 10 484 3 6 471In the 2013 gubernatorial election Democrat Barbara Buono received 74 7 of the vote 9 179 cast ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 24 7 3 035 votes and other candidates with 0 6 77 votes among the 11 884 ballots cast by the city s 38 452 registered voters 407 ballots were spoiled for a turnout of 30 9 194 197 In the 2009 gubernatorial election Democrat Jon Corzine received 81 6 of the vote here 10 235 ballots cast ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 12 4 1 560 votes Independent Chris Daggett with 2 4 305 votes and other candidates with 1 1 135 votes among the 12 537 ballots cast by the city s 38 345 registered voters yielding a 32 7 turnout 195 Fire department editThe city of Trenton is protected on a full time basis by the city of Trenton Fire and Emergency Services Department TFD which has been a paid department since 1892 after having been originally established in 1747 as a volunteer fire department 198 The TFD operates out of seven fire stations and operates a fire apparatus fleet of 7 engine companies 3 ladder companies and one rescue company along with one HAZMAT unit an air cascade unit a mobile command unit a foam unit one fireboat and numerous special support and reserve units under the command of two battalion chiefs and a deputy chief tour commander each shift 199 200 Education editColleges and universities edit Trenton is the home of two post secondary institutions Thomas Edison State University serving adult students around the nation and worldwide 201 and Mercer County Community College s James Kerney Campus 202 The College of New Jersey formerly named Trenton State College was founded in Trenton in 1855 and is now located in nearby Ewing Township Rider University was founded in Trenton in 1865 as The Trenton Business College In 1959 Rider moved to its current location in nearby Lawrence Township 203 Public schools edit The Trenton Public Schools serve students in pre kindergarten through twelfth grade 204 The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v Burke 205 which are now referred to as SDA Districts based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority 206 207 The district s board of education comprised of seven members sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its superintendent administration As a Type I school district the board s trustees are appointed by the mayor to serve three year terms of office on a staggered basis with either two or three seats up for re appointment each year The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district s day to day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district 208 209 The school district has undergone a construction renaissance throughout the district As of the 2018 19 school year the district comprised of 20 schools had an enrollment of 14 500 students and 884 4 classroom teachers on an FTE basis for a student teacher ratio of 16 4 1 210 Schools in the district with 2018 19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics 211 are Columbus Elementary School 212 371 students in grades K 5 Franklin Elementary School 213 405 K 5 Grant Elementary School 214 571 Pre K 5 Gregory Elementary School 215 567 K 5 Harrison Elementary School 216 221 Pre K 5 P J Hill Elementary School 217 800 Pre K 5 Jefferson Elementary School 218 434 K 5 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School 219 775 K 5 Mott Elementary School 220 426 K 5 Parker Elementary School 221 531 K 5 Robbins Elementary School 222 541 K 5 Washington Elementary School 223 409 K 5 Wilson Elementary School 224 498 Pre K 5 Grace A Dunn Middle School 225 893 6 8 Hedgepeth Williams Middle School 226 674 6 8 Joyce Kilmer Middle School 227 370 6 8 Luis Munoz Rivera Middle School 228 483 6 8 Trenton Ninth Grade Academy 229 707 9 Daylight Twilight Alternative High School 230 443 9 12 and Trenton Central High School 231 1 818 9 12 232 233 234 Eighth grade students from all of Mercer County are eligible to apply to attend the high school programs offered by the Mercer County Technical Schools a county wide vocational school district that offers full time career and technical education at its Health Sciences Academy STEM Academy and Academy of Culinary Arts with no tuition charged to students for attendance 235 236 Marie H Katzenbach School for the Deaf previously New Jersey School for the Deaf and New Jersey State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb the statewide school for the deaf opened in Trenton in 1883 and was there until 1923 when it moved to West Trenton 237 Charter schools edit Trenton is home to several charter schools including Capital Preparatory Charter High School Emily Fisher Charter School Foundation Academy Charter School International Charter School Paul Robeson Charter School and Village Charter School 238 The International Academy of Trenton owned and monitored by the SABIS school network became a charter school in 2014 On February 22 2017 Trenton s mayor Eric Jackson visited the school when it opened its doors in the former Trenton Times building on 500 Perry Street after completion of a 17 million renovation project After receiving notice from the New Jersey Department of Education that the school s charter would not be renewed due to issues with academic performance and school management the school closed its doors on June 30 2018 239 Private schools edit Trenton Catholic Academy high school serves students in grades 9 12 while Trenton Catholic Academy grammar school serves students in Pre K through 8th grade both schools operate under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton 240 Trenton is home to Al Bayaan Academy which opened for preschool students in September 2001 and added grades in subsequent years 241 Trenton Community Music School is a not for profit community school of the arts The school was founded by executive director Marcia Wood in 1997 The school operates at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church on Tuesdays and the Copeland Center for the Performing Arts on Saturdays Crime editThe Trenton Police Department was founded in 1792 when the city was incorporated It works in conjunction with the Mercer County Sheriff s Office 242 In 2005 there were 31 homicides in Trenton which at that time was the largest number in a single year in the city s history 243 The city was named the 4th Most Dangerous in 2005 out of 129 cities with a population of 75 000 to 99 999 ranked nationwide in the 12th annual Morgan Quitno survey 244 In the 2006 survey Trenton was ranked as the 14th most dangerous city overall out of 371 cities included nationwide in the Morgan Quitno survey and was again named as the fourth most dangerous municipality of 126 cities in the 75 000 99 999 population range 245 In September 2011 the city laid off 108 police officers due to budget cuts this constituted almost one third of the Trenton Police Department and required 30 senior officers to be sent out on patrols in lieu of supervisory duties 246 In 2013 the city set a new record with 37 homicides 247 In 2014 there were 23 murders through the end of July and the city s homicide rate was on track to break the record set the previous year until an 81 day period when there were no murders in Trenton the city ended the year with 34 murders 248 249 In 2020 the city surpassed the 2013 homicide number with a record 40 homicides 250 New Jersey State Prison edit The New Jersey State Prison formerly Trenton State Prison has two maximum security units It houses some of the state s most dangerous individuals which included New Jersey s death row population until the state banned capital punishment in 2007 251 The following is inscribed over the original entrance to the prison Labor Silence Penitence The Penitentiary House Erected By Legislative Authority Richard Howell Governor In The XXII Year Of American Independence MDCCXCVII That Those Who Are Feared For Their Crimes May Learn To Fear The Laws And Be Useful Hic Labor Hic Opus 252 Transportation editRoads and highways edit nbsp U S Route 1 through downtown Trenton looking north from the East State Street overpassAs of May 2010 update the city had a total of 168 80 miles 271 66 km of roadways of which 145 57 miles 234 27 km were maintained by the municipality 11 33 miles 18 23 km by Mercer County 10 92 miles 17 57 km by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 0 99 miles 1 59 km by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission 253 Several highways pass through the city 254 These include the Trenton Freeway part of U S Route 1 255 and the John Fitch Parkway which is part of Route 29 256 Canal Boulevard more commonly known as Route 129 connects U S Route 1 and Route 29 in South Trenton 257 U S Route 206 258 Route 31 259 and Route 33 260 also pass through the city via regular city streets Broad Street Brunswick Avenue Princeton Avenue Pennington Avenue and Greenwood Avenue respectively Route 29 connects the city to Interstate 295 and Interstate 195 the latter providing a connection to the New Jersey Turnpike Interstate 95 at Exit 7A in Robbinsville Township although the section near downtown is planned to be converted to an urban boulevard 261 Public transportation edit nbsp The Trenton Transit Center which serves Amtrak NJ Transit and SEPTAPublic transportation within the city and to from its nearby suburbs is provided in the form of local bus routes run by NJ Transit SEPTA provides bus service to adjacent Bucks County Pennsylvania The Trenton Transit Center located on the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor serves as the northbound terminus for SEPTA s Trenton Line local train service to Philadelphia and southbound terminus for NJ Transit Rail s Northeast Corridor Line local train service to New York Penn Station The train station also serves as the northbound terminus for the River Line a diesel light rail line that runs to Camden 262 Two additional River Line stops Cass Street and Hamilton Avenue are located within the city 263 Long distance transportation is provided by Amtrak train service along the Northeast Corridor 264 The closest commercial airport is Trenton Mercer Airport in Ewing Township about 8 miles 13 km from the center of Trenton which has been served by Frontier Airlines offering service to and from 13 points nationwide 265 Other nearby major airports are Newark Liberty International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport located 55 2 miles 88 8 km and 43 4 miles 69 8 km away respectively and reachable by direct New Jersey Transit or Amtrak rail link to Newark and by SEPTA Regional Rail to Philadelphia NJ Transit Bus Operations provides bus service between Trenton and Philadelphia on the 409 route with service to surrounding communities on the 600 601 602 603 604 606 607 608 609 and 611 routes 266 267 The Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association offers service on the Route 130 Connection between the Trenton Transit Center and the South Brunswick warehouse district with stops along the route including Hamilton train station Hamilton Marketplace Hightstown and East Windsor Town Center Plaza 268 Media editTrenton is served by two daily newspapers The Times and The Trentonian and a monthly advertising magazine The City Trenton N E W S Radio station WKXW and Top 40 WPST are also licensed to Trenton Defunct periodicals include the Trenton True American A local television station WPHY CD TV 25 serves the Trenton area 269 Trenton is officially part of the Philadelphia television market but some local pay TV operators also carry stations serving the New York City market While it is its own radio market many Philadelphia and New York stations are easily receivable Notable people editMain article List of people from Trenton New Jersey See also Category People from Trenton New JerseySee also edit nbsp United States portal nbsp New Jersey portal nbsp Cities portalRelocation of the United States Government to Trenton USS Trenton 4 shipsReferences edit Kuperinsky Amy The Jewel of the Meadowlands N J s best worst and weirdest town slogans Archived November 20 2017 at the Wayback Machine NJ Advance Media for NJ com January 22 2015 Accessed July 12 2016 Trenton There are scant few unfamiliar with the huge neon sign installed in 1935 that sits on the Lower Trenton Bridge declaring Trenton Makes The World Takes Lumber company owner S Roy Heath came up with the slogan originally The World Takes Trenton Makes for a chamber of commerce contest in 1910 a b c d e 2019 Census Gazetteer Files New Jersey Places Archived March 21 2021 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed July 1 2020 a b US Gazetteer files 2010 2000 and 1990 Archived August 24 2019 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed September 4 2014 a b Trenton City Council Chambers Archived August 9 2020 at the Wayback Machine Trenton New Jersey Accessed February 2 2023 No members are listed as of date accessed 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory Archived March 11 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Community Affairs updated February 8 2023 Accessed February 10 2023 Administration amp Finance Department Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine City of Trenton Accessed March 10 2023 City Clerk Archived August 9 2020 at the Wayback Machine City of Trenton Accessed March 10 2023 a b 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book Rutgers University Edward J Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy March 2013 p 73 ArcGIS REST Services Directory United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2023 Retrieved October 11 2022 Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change 2020 2021 Archived June 29 2022 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed January 2 2023 List of 2020 Census Urban Areas Archived December 29 2022 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed January 2 2023 Geographic Names Information System edits nationalmap gov Archived from the original on May 8 2023 Retrieved May 8 2023 a b c d e f QuickFacts Trenton city New Jersey Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed November 24 2022 a b c Total Population Census 2010 Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities Archived February 13 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Accessed December 1 2022 a b Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey April 1 2020 to July 1 2022 Archived May 21 2023 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau released May 2023 Accessed May 18 2023 a b c Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places of 50 000 or More Ranked by July 1 2022 Population April 1 2020 to July 1 2022 Archived July 17 2023 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau released May 2023 Accessed May 18 2023 Note that townships including Edison Lakewood and Woodbridge all of which have larger populations are excluded from these rankings a b Population Density by County and Municipality New Jersey 2020 and 2021 Archived March 7 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Accessed March 1 2023 Look Up a ZIP Code for Trenton NJ Archived November 11 2019 at the Wayback Machine United States Postal Service Accessed January 10 2012 Zip Codes Archived June 17 2019 at the Wayback Machine State of New Jersey Accessed September 7 2013 Area Code Lookup NPA NXX for Trenton NJ Archived June 28 2014 at the Wayback Machine Area Codes com Accessed September 7 2013 U S Census website Archived December 27 1996 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed September 4 2014 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey Archived November 19 2018 at the Wayback Machine Missouri Census Data Center Accessed April 1 2022 US Board on Geographic Names Archived February 4 2012 at the Wayback Machine United States Geological Survey Accessed September 4 2014 New Jersey County Map Archived March 13 2017 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Accessed July 10 2017 a b Parker L A City celebrating role as U S capital in 1784 Archived September 2 2017 at the Wayback Machine The Trentonian November 6 2009 Accessed January 10 2012 City and state leaders kicked off a two month celebration yesterday with a news conference highlighting Trenton s brief role as the capital of the United States in 1784 a b New Jersey 2020 Core Based Statistical Areas and Counties Archived April 13 2023 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed December 22 2022 Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Combined Statistical Areas and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas Archived April 22 2019 at the Wayback Machine Office of Management and Budget Bulletin 13 01 February 28 2013 Accessed April 22 2019 Table1 New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships 2020 and 2010 Censuses Archived February 13 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Accessed December 1 2022 a b c d e DP 1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 for Trenton city Mercer County New Jersey Archived February 12 2020 at archive today United States Census Bureau Accessed January 10 2012 a b Table DP 1 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics 2010 for Trenton city Archived May 6 2012 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Accessed January 10 2012 Table 7 Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey 1990 2000 and 2010 Archived June 2 2022 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development February 2011 Accessed May 1 2023 Welcome to Trenton New Jersey Trenton Transit District Plans Trenton Transit District Development Project Archived from the original on May 19 2023 Retrieved May 18 2023 As the only city in New Jersey to serve three major railway systems Amtrak NJ Transit and SEPTA with service to New York and Philadelphia Trenton has untapped potential to support dense walkable and mixed use development near the City s transit stations a b c d The Story of New Jersey s Civil Boundaries 1606 1968 Archived March 14 2022 at the Wayback Machine John P Snyder Bureau of Geology and Topography Trenton New Jersey 1969 pp 164 165 Accessed August 21 2012 County History Archived July 25 2017 at the Wayback Machine Hunterdon County New Jersey Accessed April 18 2011 a b National Archives Post Office Commissions to Abraham Hunt 10 January 1764 a b Schuyler 1929 p 132 Honeyman Abraham Van Doren Index analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey 1896 1909 Together with References to All Acts and Parts of Acts in the General Statutes and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine p 302 New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company 1910 Accessed October 12 2015 Before There Was Trenton A 350th Anniversary Look at the 17th Century Display of Early New Netherland Colonial Artifacts June 22 October 19 2014 Archived September 29 2020 at the Wayback Machine Trenton City Museum October 12 2014 Accessed December 1 2019 Hunter Richard Chapter 4 Land Use History Archived June 1 2016 at the Wayback Machine from Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark Interpretive Plan Mercer County New Jersey Accessed May 5 2016 Krystal Becky Trenton N J One for the history buffs Archived October 1 2017 at the Wayback Machine The Washington Post February 10 2011 Accessed January 10 2012 Back in the early 18th century at least the area was remote enough for Trent a wealthy Philadelphia merchant to build his summer home there near the banks of the Delaware River And though it s dwarfed by its modern day neighbors at the time the home reflected its owner s ostentatious nature Nedoresow said Further stroking his ego he named the settlement he laid out Trent towne which eventually evolved into the current moniker Hutchinson Viola L The Origin of New Jersey Place Names Archived November 15 2015 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Public Library Commission May 1945 Accessed October 12 2015 Gannett Henry The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States p 304 United States Government Printing Office 1905 Accessed October 12 2015 a b History of Trenton Trenton NJ www trentonnj org Archived from the original on November 16 2023 Retrieved November 16 2023 This Day in History Dec 26 1776 Washington wins first major U S victory at Trenton Archived January 28 2020 at the Wayback Machine History November 13 2009 updated July 27 2019 Accessed December 1 2019 Fischer David Hackett 2006 The Bridge Assunpink The Most Awful Moment Washington s Crossing New York Oxford University Press pp 290 307 ISBN 0 19 518159 X Archived from the original on October 1 2023 Retrieved January 25 2020 Messler Mary J Chapter IV Some Notable Events of Post Revolutionary Times Archived February 2 2017 at the Wayback Machine from A History of Trenton 1679 1929 Trenton Historical Society Accessed May 5 2016 The question now resolved itself into a quarrel between the North and the South New England favored Trenton whereas the Southern States felt that in the selection of any site north of Mason and Dixon s line their claims for recognition were being slighted and their interests sacrificed to New England s commercialism Stryker William S 1882 Washington s reception by the people of New Jersey in 1789 Trenton New Jersey p 4 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link a b c d Trenton New Jersey United States Archived March 26 2023 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopaedia Britannica Accessed November 19 2023 A Short History of New Jersey Archived January 3 2012 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Accessed January 10 2012 Messler Mary Some Notable Events of Post Revolutionary Times trentonhistory org Trenton Historical Society Archived from the original on December 23 2020 Retrieved September 18 2021 Some of Trenton s History Archived October 3 2019 at the Wayback Machine City of Trenton Accessed October 12 2015 During the 1812 War the primary hospital facility for the U S Army was at a temporary location on Broad Street Richman Steven M Reconsidering Trenton The Small City in the Post Industrial Age Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine p 49 McFarland amp Company 2010 ISBN 9780786462230 Accessed November 15 2015 Blackwell John 1948 A cry for justice Archived December 25 2017 at the Wayback Machine The Trentonian Accessed June 4 2018 Schlegel Sharon Harrowing case of the Trenton Six Archived August 20 2018 at the Wayback Machine The Times January 28 2012 Accessed June 4 2018 The recently published story of the Trenton Six dramatically told in Cathy Knepper s newest book Jersey Justice The Story of the Trenton Six is so filled with proven instances of injustice that it is almost hard to believe Reading how the men were arrested randomly and haphazardly despite a partial witness claiming they were not the perpetrators is horrifying Equally upsetting is that they were held incommunicado for days without warrants abused and drugged into confessing Chapter 7 Riverfront District Downtown Capital District Master Plan Trenton New Jersey Archived November 16 2023 at the Wayback Machine City of Trenton Accessed November 19 2023 Cumbler John T A Social History of Economic Decline Business Politics and Work in Trenton Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine p 283 Rutgers University Press 1989 ISBN 9780813513744 Accessed February 12 2014 Listokin David and Listokin Barbara Barriers to the Rehabilitation of Afordable Housing Volume II Case Studies Archived October 18 2020 at the Wayback Machine United States Department of Housing and Urban Development May 2001 Accessed December 1 2019 Socioeconomic and housing challenges are especially severe in some of Trenton s oldest neighborhoods In the Old Trenton area abandonment went unchecked for decades and when abandoned houses were demolished by the city the empty lots remaining would fill with garbage and vermin Another hard hit location was the Battle Monument area Time has not been kind to the Battle Monument section of this city The five block area the hub of the Battle of Trenton in 1775 and of transportation in the 1950s has in the last four decades suffered from abandonment and neglect The 10 Least Populated State Capitals Archived August 23 2023 at the Wayback Machine 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 Discover Our Bridges Archived December 31 2019 at the Wayback Machine Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Accessed December 1 2019 Trenton Morrisville Rt 1 Toll Bridge Archived December 19 2019 at the Wayback Machine 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 Lower Trenton Toll Supported Bridge Archived November 25 2019 at the Wayback Machine 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 Calhoun Street Toll Supported Bridge Archived December 19 2019 at the Wayback Machine 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 Science In Your Backyard New Jersey Archived August 21 2007 at the Wayback Machine United States Geological Survey Accessed October 28 2014 Stirling Stephen U S Census shows East Brunswick as statistical center of N J Archived June 12 2018 at the Wayback Machine 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 Weiss Daniel North South Skirmishes A film tries to draw the line between North and South Jersey Archived June 12 2018 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Monthly April 30 2008 Accessed June 12 2018 Howe Randy 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 Areas touching Trenton Archived August 9 2020 at the Wayback Machine MapIt Accessed March 15 2020 Municipalities within Mercer County NJ Archived November 27 2019 at the Wayback Machine Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Accessed November 15 2019 New Jersey Municipal Boundaries Archived December 4 2003 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation Accessed November 15 2019 Di Ionno Mark Chambersburg Archived July 24 2013 at the Wayback Machine 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 Richard Grubb amp Associates Three Centuries of African American History in Trenton A Preliminary Inventory of Historic Sites Archived December 21 2018 at the Wayback Machine 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 a b Trenton Battle Monument Archived July 18 2014 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Parks and Forestry Accessed September 7 2013 In their own words South Ward candidates explain why they should win City Council seat Archived June 12 2018 at the Wayback Machine The Trentonian October 18 2009 Accessed June 12 2018 Locality Search Archived July 9 2016 at the Wayback Machine State of New Jersey Accessed May 21 2015 Interactive United States Koppen Geiger Climate Classification Map plantmaps com Archived from the original on October 11 2018 Retrieved October 12 2018 a b c d Station Trenton Mercer CO AP NJ U S Climate Normals 2020 U S Monthly Climate Normals 1991 2020 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Archived from the original on August 12 2021 Retrieved August 12 2021 Staff Heat sets new record high in Trenton at 106 degrees Archived February 23 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Trentonian July 22 2011 Accessed February 12 2014 The thermometer reached a record setting 106 degrees here in the City of Trenton easily smashing July 22nd s previous high mark from 1926 when the temp reached 101 degrees a b c d NowData NOAA Online Weather Data National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Archived from the original on March 5 2012 Retrieved August 12 2021 USDA Interactive Plant Hardiness Map Archived July 4 2019 at the Wayback Machine United States Department of Agriculture Accessed November 26 2019 City of Trenton New Jersey Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Archived January 12 2016 at the Wayback Machine City of Trenton Accessed February 12 2014 City of Trenton New Jersey Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Archived January 12 2016 at the Wayback Machine City of Trenton adopted June 19 2008 Accessed June 12 2018 The average snowfall is 24 9 inches but has ranged from as low as 2 inches in the winter of 1918 1919 to as high as 76 5 inches in 1995 1996 The heaviest snowstorm on record was the Blizzard of 1996 on January 7 8 1996 when 24 2 inches buried the city NowData NOAA Online Weather Data National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Retrieved August 12 2021 Station Trenton Mercer CO AP NJ U S Climate Normals 2020 U S Monthly Climate Normals 1991 2020 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Retrieved August 12 2021 WMO Climate Normals for Trenton WSO City NJ 1961 1990 NOAA Retrieved August 12 2021 PRISM Climate Group Oregon State University www prism oregonstate edu Retrieved July 31 2019 Compendium of censuses 1726 1905 together with the tabulated returns of 1905 Archived February 26 2021 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State 1906 Accessed July 15 2013 Bowen Francis American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1843 Archived July 15 2023 at the Wayback Machine p 231 David H Williams 1842 Accessed July 15 2013 Population of 4 021 is listed for 1840 14 less than shown in table Raum John O The History of New Jersey From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time Volume 1 pp 276 7 J E Potter and company 1877 Accessed July 15 2013 Trenton the capitol of the State as well as the seat of justice of the county of Mercer is beautifully located on the east bank of the Delaware at the head of tide navigation Here is located the State Capitol built in 1793 enlarged in 1845 and 1865 and again in 1871 The State Prison State Arsenal State Normal and Model schools are also located here The city has 7 wards Its population in 1850 was 6 461 in 1860 17 228 and in 1870 22 874 Debow James Dunwoody Brownson The Seventh Census of the United States 1850 Archived September 30 2023 at the Wayback Machine p 139 R Armstrong 1853 Accessed July 15 2013 United States Census Bureau 1872 A compendium of the ninth census 1870 p 260 Porter Robert Percival Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins Volume III 51 to 75 Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine p 98 United States Census Bureau 1890 Accessed November 20 2012 Fifteenth Census of the United States 1930 Population Volume I Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau p 712 Accessed January 10 2012 Table 6 New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality 1940 2000 Archived October 5 2022 at the Wayback Machine Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network August 2001 Accessed May 1 2023 Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic Social Economic Housing Characteristics for Trenton city Archived January 31 2012 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed January 10 2012 DP 1 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics 2000 Census 2000 Summary File 1 SF 1 100 Percent Data for Trenton city New Jersey Archived February 12 2020 at archive today United States Census Bureau Accessed July 12 2012 P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2010 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Trenton city New Jersey United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on January 30 2022 Retrieved January 30 2022 P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2020 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Trenton city New Jersey United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on January 30 2022 Retrieved January 30 2022 DP03 Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006 2010 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates for Trenton city Mercer County New Jersey Archived February 12 2020 at archive today United States Census Bureau Accessed January 10 2012 Bruder Jessica Jerseyana Trenton s Fighting Words Archived March 10 2016 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times May 2 2004 Accessed March 16 2012 Trenton Makes the World Takes reads the famous red neon sign that spans a bridge between the state Capitol and Morrisville Pa affectionately known by locals as the Trenton Makes bridge In its heyday Trenton was a world class producer of rubber steel wire rope and pottery The cables for three famous suspension bridges the Brooklyn George Washington and Golden Gate were produced here at John A Roebling s factory Blackwell Jon 1911 Trenton Makes history Archived September 13 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Trentonian Accessed October 28 2014 Mickle Paul 1984 A whole new skyline Archived July 23 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Trentonian Accessed October 28 2014 Raboteau Albert Diversifying city s economy a major goal for Trenton Archived November 9 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Times January 30 2003 Accessed October 28 2014 Another large goal is to lure private companies whose employees officials say are likely to work later in the evening and have more money to spend than the 20 000 or so state workers who swell downtown during business hours then commute home to other municipalities History Archived November 1 2014 at the Wayback Machine Italian Peoples Bakery Accessed May 13 2016 The origin of Italian Peoples Bakery goes back to 1936 when Pasquale Gervasio the patriarch of the family opened a bakery on Hamilton Avenue in Trenton New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Tax Questions and Answers Archived December 27 2019 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Community Affairs May 2009 Accessed October 28 2019 The Urban Enterprise Zone Program UEZ was enacted in 1983 It authorized the designation of ten zones by the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority Camden Newark Bridgeton Trenton Plainfield Elizabeth Jersey City Kearny Orange and Millville Vineland joint zone Urban Enterprise Zone Program Archived July 21 2019 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Accessed October 27 2019 Businesses participating in the UEZ Program can charge half the standard sales tax rate on certain purchases currently 3 3125 effective 1 1 2018 Urban Enterprise Zone Effective and Expiration Dates Archived September 23 2019 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Accessed January 8 2018 Racioppi Dustin Christie vetoes urban enterprise zone extension Archived March 30 2019 at the Wayback Machine The record February 10 2017 Accessed November 19 2019 Gov Chris Christie on Friday conditionally vetoed the Legislature s attempt to extend the Urban Enterprise Zone status for its five charter communities calling the economic revitalization program an abject failure with a devastating impact on state revenue The Legislature returned with what it called a compromise bill A 4189 to extend the designation for two years instead of 10 for the first five UEZs Bridgeton Camden Newark Plainfield and Trenton which expired on Jan 1 Notice Law Reinstates Five Urban Enterprise Zones And Also Extends The Expiration Date Of 12 Other UEZs Archived September 23 2019 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of the Treasury Division of Taxation May 30 2018 Accessed November 19 2019 On May 30 2018 Governor Murphy signed Senate Bill 846 A3549 The law reinstated five expired Urban Enterprise Zones UEZs If your business is located in one of these zones you may file an application to establish qualified business status Past certifications are no longer valid in these five zones The five UEZs are in Bridgeton Camden Newark Plainfield Trenton The UEZs in the five locations listed above expire on December 31 2023 2018 Property Tax Information Archived November 8 2019 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Community Affairs updated January 16 2019 Accessed November 7 2019 Marcus Samantha These are the towns with the lowest property taxes in each of N J s 21 counties Archived November 7 2019 at the Wayback Machine NJ Advance Media for NJ com April 30 2019 Accessed November 7 2019 New Jersey s average property tax bill may have hit 8 767 last year a new record but taxpayers in some parts of the state pay just a fraction of that The average property tax bill in Trenton was 3 274 in 2018 the lowest in Mercer County Here are the 30 N J towns with the highest property tax rates Archived January 19 2022 at the Wayback Machine NJ Advance Media for NJ com March 15 2021 Accessed January 19 2022 The average equalized tax rate in New Jersey was 2 279 in 2020 according to data from the Department of Community Affairs Here is the list of 30 New Jersey towns with the highest property tax rates 6 Trenton Equalized tax rate in Trenton Mercer County was 5 264 in 2020 Average equalized tax rate in Mercer County 2 760 New Statistical Area Information based on Census 2000 Archived August 2 2008 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development December 14 2004 Accessed January 10 2012 4 Museums in One Archived April 19 2021 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey State Museum Accessed January 5 2015 State House History Archived September 17 2002 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Legislature Accessed January 5 2015 About the NJ State Library Archived April 19 2021 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey State Library Accessed January 5 2015 Welcome to the Trenton City Museum Archived December 3 2019 at the Wayback Machine Trenton City Museum Accessed December 1 2019 The museum is located in Ellarslie Mansion an Italianate villa built in 1848 The mansion is the centerpiece of Cadwalader Park which was designed by the famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted whose most famous work is New York City s Central Park Frequently Asked Questions about the War Memorial Archived April 19 2021 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Accessed September 7 2013 About the Building Archived October 27 2019 at the Wayback Machine Old Barracks Museum Accessed December 1 2019 In 1758 during the French and Indian War the building now referred to as the Old Barracks was constructed by the colony of New Jersey in direct response to petitions from residents who were protesting compulsory quartering of soldiers in their own homes It was one of five such buildings throughout New Jersey constructed for the purpose of housing British soldiers during the winter months of the war and it is the only one still standing Designing the Monument Archived September 1 2013 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Parks and Forestry Accessed September 7 2013 Trenton City Hall Archived July 1 2014 at the Wayback Machine Library of Congress Accessed September 7 2013 About the 1719 Trent House Archived December 18 2017 at the Wayback Machine William Trent House Accessed December 1 2019 William Trent built his country estate north of Philadelphia in New Jersey at the Falls of the Delaware River about 1719 In 1720 Trent laid out a settlement which he incorporated and named Trenton Lamar Martha L Powell L Matthew Davies David S Adams and Sickles Building PDF Archived August 3 2016 at the Wayback Machine National Register of Historic Places National Park Service June 5 1979 Accessed May 13 2016 Trenton Society of Friends Meeting House Archived June 4 2016 at the Wayback Machine Destination Trenton Accessed May 13 2016 In the burying ground adjoining the Meeting House are buried many citizens who played prominent parts in the early history of the city Trenton Friends Meeting House PDF Archived August 3 2016 at the Wayback Machine National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Accessed May 13 2016 Leynes Jennifer B Lane Sally March 2021 National Register of Historic Places Registration Carver Center Draft PDF National Park Service Archived PDF from the original on August 7 2022 Retrieved August 17 2022 Fitzpatrick Frank Jersey s split sports personality Great Divide Eagles and Giants fans Archived April 12 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Philadelphia Inquirer January 11 2009 Accessed October 12 2015 Huneke Bill Trenton Speedway lives on at Pocono Archived January 13 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Times July 6 2013 Accessed October 12 2015 As Indy Car racing returns to Pocono this weekend after a 24 year absence only a few of the drivers competing were even alive when Trenton s last event was run in 1979 History of State Fairgrounds Archived February 10 2012 at the Wayback Machine Grounds for Sculpture Accessed March 16 2012 As horses were replaced by automobiles for transportation cars became the main attraction on the fairground s racetrack Lucky Teter and his Hell Drivers made the headlines in the 1930s in the sixties it was midget car races and a 200 mile race for Indianapolis cars and drivers McGeehan Patrick Private Sector A Wall St Son at Nasdaq s Table Archived August 11 2017 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times December 17 2000 Accessed January 5 2015 Mr Plumeri who owns a minor league team affiliated with the Red Sox the Trenton Thunder has even drawn Mr Simmons to the team s stadium Samuel J Plumeri Field to watch his beloved team play exhibition games Arm amp Hammer Park Trenton New Jersey Archived April 9 2015 at the Wayback Machine Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues Accessed January 5 2015 The playing field was named in 1999 in honor of Samuel Plumeri Sr one of the driving forces in bring baseball back to New Jersey s state capital Pahigian Josh The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip A Fan s Guide to AAA AA A and Independent League Stadiums Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine p 45 Rowman amp Littlefield ISBN 9781599216270 Accessed January 5 2015 Trenton Thunder Continue Affiliation with Major League Baseball in New MLB Draft League Trenton Thunder Minor League Baseball November 30 2020 Archived from the original on November 30 2020 Retrieved November 30 2020 Foster David Sacked Trenton Freedom indoor football team folds Archived October 8 2015 at the Wayback Machine The Trentonian August 26 2015 Accessed October 12 2015 The Trenton Freedom is the latest professional sports team to shutter operations in the capital city following the same doomed path of several other organizations at the Sun National Bank Center The Trenton Freedom a member of the Professional Indoor Football League PIFL became the third indoor football team to fail at the Sun National Bank Center lasting one year longer than the previous two The Trenton Steel called the 8 000 seat arena home for six games in 2011 A decade earlier the Trenton Lightning lasted just one season Cadwalader Park Archived October 20 2019 at the Wayback Machine Trenton City Museum Accessed December 1 2019 Cadwalader Park is the largest urban park in the City of Trenton 109 5 acres It is crossed by the Delaware amp Raritan D amp R Canal State Park Discussions among Hill and other Trenton civic leaders led to the engagement of Frederick Law Olmsted s firm to design a park in 1890 Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey Archived June 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine Rutgers University Center for Government Studies July 1 2011 Accessed June 1 2023 Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey Archived June 4 2023 at the Wayback Machine p 10 Rutgers University Center for Government Studies Accessed June 1 2023 City Council Overview Archived August 9 2020 at the Wayback Machine Trenton New Jersey Accessed December 1 2019 The City of Trenton is governed within the Faulkner Act formerly known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law Under this act the Mayor Council system was developed in 1792 Avilucea Issac Trenton council overrides mayor s Election Day veto Archived May 3 2022 at the Wayback Machine The Trentonian October 1 2020 Accessed May 3 2022 Council had the last say in this one The governing body overrode Mayor Reed Gusciora s veto of an ordinance that moves the municipal election from May to November The change also moves runoffs to December rather than June and gives the mayor and council members another six months in office Vaughn suggested the city would see increased voter turnout and savings as much as 181 000 by aligning Trenton with other municipalities in Mercer County that conduct elections with the general election Biryukov Nikita Another town poised to join others moving local elections to November Nonpartisan spring races dwindle as towns seek to boost turnout cut election costs Archived November 30 2021 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Monitor August 11 2021 Accessed May 3 2022 He added the city would likely have to foot the bill for a December runoff election in case no candidate won a majority during the nonpartisan November vote though that s nothing new Trenton already paid for runoff elections held in June before Office of the Mayor Archived August 9 2020 at the Wayback Machine Trenton New Jersey Accessed May 3 2022 Reed Gusciora born March 27 1960 was sworn in as the 48th mayor of the City of Trenton on July 1st 2018 Prior to becoming Mayor he served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1996 representing the 15th Legislative District which includes portions of Mercer and Hunterdon Counties 2022 Municipal Data Sheet Archived November 24 2022 at the Wayback Machine Trenton New Jersey Accessed February 2 2023 Mercer County Elected Officials Archived November 16 2019 at the Wayback Machine Mercer County New Jersey as of November 12 2019 Accessed November 15 2019 a b General Election November 8 2022 Results Archived July 18 2023 at the Wayback Machine Mercer County New Jersey Clerk updated November 8 2022 Accessed January 1 2023 a b Trenton North and South Ward Council Run Off Election December 13 2022 Official Results Archived January 5 2023 at the Wayback Machine Mercer County New Jersey Clerk updated January 17 2023 Accessed February 2 2023 Trenton Council At Large Run Off Election January 24 2023 Official Results Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine Mercer County New Jersey Clerk updated February 1 2023 Accessed February 2 2023 Wildstein David Williams still wins by one vote after Trenton recount Two additional ballots added to count after hand tally but results remained the same Archived February 13 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Globe January 14 2023 Accessed February 13 2023 Jennifer Williams gets to hold on to her North Ward seat on the Trenton City Council after prevailing in a recount of ballots cast in the December 13 runoff election by one vote Williams defeated Algernon Ward Jr 428 to 427 after a hand recount found two votes that had previously been uncounted Difilippo Dana Transgender councilwoman takes office in Trenton Archived February 13 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Monitor January 6 2023 Accessed February 13 2023 From Florida s notorious don t say gay law to bathroom bans to the controversy over new sex ed standards in New Jersey schools Jennifer Williams has felt a mounting alarm at policies and proselytism that demonize the transgender community Sunday Williams made history when she was sworn in as the Trenton City Council s first LGBTQ member and the first transgender person elected to any municipal council statewide Fox Joey Edwards Feliciano Gonzalez overwhelmingly win Trenton at large council runoff Archived February 2 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Globe January 24 2023 Accessed February 2 2023 Jasi Edwards Crystal Feliciano and Yazminelly Gonzalez have easily won three at large seats on the Trenton City Council defeating three other candidates in the runoff for an election that initially came before voters more than two months ago By the time a judge ordered a runoff to be held after all it was too late to hold it alongside two ward based runoffs which were scheduled for December 13 Instead the election was set for today a full 77 days after voters first cast ballots in the at large race In the meantime North and South Ward runoff voters narrowly elected Jennifer Williams and Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg bringing the council to a bare four member quorum before the reorganization of government on January 1 Fox Joey Williams will remain on Trenton City Council after judge rejects election challenge Archived February 16 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Globe February 15 2023 Accessed November 19 2023 Avilucea Isaac Sonya Wilkins nominated to fill Trenton at large seat vacated by Blakeley Archived February 18 2022 at the Wayback Machine The Trentonian February 2 2022 Accessed May 3 2022 Sonya Wilkins is in The former aide to council president Kathy McBride and Trenton Housing Authority commissioner will fill the unexpired term of former councilman Jerell Blakeley who resigned last month to take an out of state job via Associated Press Mayor Tony Mack of Trenton Is Found Guilty of Taking Bribes Archived August 2 2017 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times February 7 2014 Accessed February 12 2014 NJ calls for convicted Trenton mayor Tony Mack to be removed Archived February 23 2014 at the Wayback Machine WPVI TV February 10 2014 Accessed February 12 2014 The state Attorney General s Office filed a request Monday with a state Superior Court judge asking that Tony Mack be kicked out of office stripped of his pension and be barred from holding elected office again Under state law people convicted of corruption cannot continue to hold public office But since Mack has not resigned the state is asking a judge to enforce the law a b Pizzi Jenna Trenton council to vote to install George Muschal as interim mayor Archived March 12 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Star Ledger March 4 2014 Accessed October 12 2015 Council members decided to amend the agenda for their regularly scheduled meeting to include the action of appointing Muschal to the interim post He will serve until a new mayor elected in May takes over July 1 via Associated Press A year of turmoil stumbles for Trenton s mayor Archived July 21 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Star Ledger July 9 2011 Accessed January 10 2012 Zdan Alex and Pizzi Jenna Acting Mayor George Muschal assumes office and vows to put Trenton on the right track Archived March 2 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Times February 26 2014 Accessed May 21 2017 Plan Components Report Archived February 19 2020 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Redistricting Commission December 23 2011 Accessed February 1 2020 Municipalities Sorted by 2011 2020 Legislative District Archived November 20 2021 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Accessed February 1 2020 2019 New Jersey Citizen s Guide to Government Archived November 5 2019 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey League of Women Voters Accessed October 30 2019 Districts by Number for 2011 2020 Archived July 14 2019 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Legislature Accessed January 6 2013 2011 New Jersey Citizen s Guide to Government Archived June 4 2013 at the Wayback Machine p 65 New Jersey League of Women Voters Accessed May 22 2015 Directory of Representatives New Jersey United States House of Representatives Accessed January 3 2019 Biography Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman Accessed January 3 2019 Watson Coleman and her husband William reside in Ewing Township and are blessed to have three sons William Troy and Jared and three grandchildren William Kamryn and Ashanee U S Sen Cory Booker cruises past Republican challenger Rik Mehta in New Jersey PhillyVoice Accessed April 30 2021 He now owns a home and lives in Newark s Central Ward community Biography of Bob Menendez United States Senate January 26 2015 Menendez who started his political career in Union City moved in September from Paramus to one of Harrison s new apartment buildings near the town s PATH station Home sweet home Bob Menendez back in Hudson County nj com Accessed April 30 2021 Booker Cory A D NJ Class II Menendez Robert D NJ Class I Legislative Roster for District 15 New Jersey Legislature Accessed January 18 2024 Government Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Mercer County is governed by an elected County Executive and a seven member Freeholder Board Meet the County Executive Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Brian M Hughes continues to build upon a family legacy of public service as the fourth person to serve as Mercer County Executive The voters have reaffirmed their support for Brian s leadership by re electing him three times since they first placed him in office in November 2003 Lucylle R S Walter Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 John A Cimino Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Samuel T Frisby Sr Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Cathleen M Lewis Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Kristin L McLaughlin Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Nina D Melker Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Terrance Stokes Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Meet the Commissioners Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 2022 County Data Sheet Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Meet the Clerk Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Members List Clerks Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed March 1 2023 Meet the Sheriff Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Members List Sheriffs Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed March 1 2023 Meet the Surrogate Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Members List Surrogates Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed March 1 2023 Elected Officials for Mercer County Mercer County Accessed March 1 2023 Voter Registration Summary Mercer Archived May 20 2013 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections March 23 2011 Accessed November 21 2012 Presidential November 3 2020 General Election Results Mercer County PDF Archived PDF from the original on March 7 2023 Retrieved June 26 2022 Presidential General Election Results November 8 2016 Mercer County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections Archived PDF from the original on September 2 2019 Retrieved December 31 2017 a b Presidential General Election Results November 6 2012 Mercer County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections March 15 2013 Archived PDF from the original on December 24 2014 Retrieved December 23 2014 a b 2008 Presidential General Election Results Mercer County Archived May 20 2013 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 23 2008 Accessed November 21 2012 2004 Presidential Election Mercer County Archived March 4 2016 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 13 2004 Accessed November 21 2012 Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6 2012 General Election Results Mercer County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections March 15 2013 Archived PDF from the original on December 24 2014 Retrieved December 23 2014 2021 General Election Results Governor Mercer County Archived January 1 2018 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State updated December 14 2021 Accessed March 10 2023 Governor Mercer County PDF New Jersey 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group of volunteers formed the Union Fire Company The volunteers served the city well for the next 145 years until on April 4 1892 the paid department was established Fire Department Facilities Archived August 9 2020 at the Wayback Machine City of Trenton Accessed March 15 2020 Fire amp Emergency Services Apparatus Archived August 9 2020 at the Wayback Machine City of Trenton Accessed March 15 2020 Fast Facts Archived August 16 2013 at the Wayback Machine Thomas Edison State College Accessed August 11 2013 The James Kerney Campus Archived June 15 2013 at the Wayback Machine Mercer County Community College Accessed August 11 2013 Historic Rider Archived April 4 2014 at the Wayback Machine Rider University Accessed February 12 2014 Gradually growing in size and scope through the first half of the 20th century Rider began its move to a more spacious suburban campus in 1959 when the first offices and classes moved to a 280 acre tract of land on Route 206 in Lawrence Township N J Trenton Board of Education District Policy 0110 Identification Archived May 23 2023 at the Wayback Machine Trenton Public Schools Accessed March 15 2020 Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre Kindergarten through twelve in the Trenton School District Composition The Trenton School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the City of Trenton What We Do History Archived March 25 2022 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Schools Development Authority Accessed March 1 2022 In 1998 the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special needs school districts According to the Court aging unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the thorough and efficient education required under the New Jersey Constitution Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special needs districts known as Abbott Districts What We Do Archived March 25 2022 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Schools Development Authority Accessed March 1 2022 SDA Districts Archived March 25 2022 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Schools Development Authority Accessed March 1 2022 New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types 2018 School Election Archived February 3 2022 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Education updated February 16 2018 Accessed January 26 2020 Board of Education Archived March 25 2020 at the Wayback Machine Trenton Public Schools Accessed March 15 2020 District information for Trenton Public School District Archived April 19 2019 at the Wayback Machine National Center for Education Statistics Accessed April 1 2020 School Data for the Trenton Public Schools Archived April 2 2019 at the Wayback Machine National Center for Education Statistics Accessed April 1 2020 Columbus Elementary School 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Accessed May 10 2020 Trenton Ninth Grade Academy Archived August 9 2020 at the Wayback Machine Trenton Public Schools Accessed May 10 2020 Daylight Twilight Alternative High School Archived January 27 2020 at the Wayback Machine Trenton Public Schools Accessed May 10 2020 Trenton Central High School Chambers Campus Archived November 21 2019 at the Wayback Machine Trenton Public Schools Accessed May 10 2020 Schools Archived May 3 2020 at the Wayback Machine Trenton Public Schools Accessed May 10 2020 2017 2018 Charter and Public School Directory Archived August 6 2020 at the Wayback Machine Mercer County New Jersey Accessed May 10 2020 New Jersey School Directory for the Trenton Public Schools Archived January 1 2017 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Education Accessed December 29 2016 Heyboer Kelly How to get your kid a seat in one of N J s hardest to get into high schools Archived May 18 2022 at the Wayback Machine NJ Advance Media for NJ com May 2017 Accessed November 18 2019 Mercer County has a stand alone specialized high school for top students a Health Sciences Academy at the district s Assunpink Center campus The district also offers a STEM Academy at Mercer County Community College How to apply Students can apply online in the fall of their 8th grade year High School Programs Archived August 10 2020 at the Wayback Machine Mercer County Technical Schools Accessed November 18 2019 Kull Helen Ewing Then and Now The first school for the deaf in N J Archived June 24 2021 at the Wayback Machine Community News February 27 2017 updated January 11 2022 Accessed January 19 2022 By 1882 an act of the legislature founded the N J State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb The school was housed in a two story brick building at Chestnut and Hamilton avenues in Trenton which had formerly been the Soldiers Children s Home of N J housing orphans of Civil War soldiers Approved Charter Schools Archived October 28 2013 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Education Accessed February 12 2014 Foster David Trenton charter school officially announces closure as 9th Grade Academy readies move in Archived July 12 2018 at the Wayback Machine The Trentonian June 1 2018 Accessed July 11 2018 In a statement sent to The Trentonian on Friday International Academy of Trenton IAT Charter School Board President Larry Chenault regretfully accepted the doomed fate of the school which spent 17 million to renovate the former Times of Trenton building into a state of the art learning center IAT was informed in January by the New Jersey Department of Education DOE that the school which educated 650 students would be losing its charter at the end of this month for poor student performance and classroom mismanagement School Finder Archived June 21 2017 at the Wayback Machine Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton Accessed May 21 2017 About Us Archived February 22 2014 at the Wayback Machine Islamic School of Trenton Accessed February 12 2014 Jersey Trenton Police Department Trenton New Welcome to Trenton Police Department Trenton New Jersey Trenton Police Department Trenton New Jersey Archived from the original on May 11 2022 Retrieved April 29 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Trenton murders hit all time high Archived January 12 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Signal January 25 2006 Accessed June 7 2015 With 31 murders 2005 was the deadliest year in Trenton s history up from 18 in 2004 12th Annual Safest Most Dangerous Cities Survey Top and Bottom 25 Cities Overall Archived September 19 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed June 23 2006 13th Annual Safest and Most Dangerous Cities Top and Bottom 25 Cities Overall Archived June 15 2011 at the Wayback Machine Morgan Quitno Accessed October 30 2006 Zdan Alex Trenton police layoff plan to go into effect today Archived October 30 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Times September 16 2011 Accessed January 10 2012 The 108 police officers slated to be terminated represent one third of the force Demotions affecting nearly 30 members will send current lieutenants and sergeants back to the street depleting supervisor levels and the detective bureaus in an effort to keep patrols close to their current strength Queally James N J homicides soared to seven year high in 2013 after surges in Newark Trenton Archived January 4 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Star Ledger January 1 2014 Accessed February 12 2014 In Trenton the number of homicides soared to 37 the most in the state capital s recorded history Brown Keith Trenton homicides down but not by much in 2014 Archived June 17 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Star Ledger January 1 2015 Accessed May 16 2016 There were 34 homicides in Trenton in 2014 a year following an inglorious record setting 37 homicides in 2013 McEvoy James Authorities ID Trenton homicide victim investigate separate shooting Archived June 17 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Times October 19 2014 Accessed May 16 2016 Sutphin s slaying was the first homicide in Trenton since July 30 when Tyshawn Goodman 25 of Trenton and George Jamison 44 of Pennington were shot to death in what police believed were separate robberies The nearly three months of relative peace followed a bloody start in which the city saw 23 homicides in the first seven months of the year Man Shot in Front of Trenton Bar Dies of Wounds NJ com November 3 2021 Archived from the original on October 1 2023 Retrieved November 4 2021 A Short History of Trenton State Prison Archived June 21 2009 at the Wayback Machine InsideOut Fifty Years Behind the Walls of New Jersey s Trenton State Prison Accessed March 16 2012 Lundy F L et al Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey Volume 139 Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine p 97 J A Fitzgerald 1915 Accessed June 12 2018 Mercer County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction Archived February 2 2021 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation March 2019 Accessed January 26 2021 Mercer County Highway Map Archived February 24 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation Accessed March 9 2023 U S Route 1 Straight Line Diagram Archived March 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation updated May 2018 Accessed March 10 2023 Route 29 Straight Line Diagram Archived June 6 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation updated July 2014 Accessed March 10 2023 Route 129 Straight Line Diagram Archived March 20 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation updated March 2018 Accessed March 10 2023 U S Route 206 Straight Line Diagram Archived April 16 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation updated June 2017 Accessed March 10 2023 Route 31 Straight Line Diagram Archived December 6 2022 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation updated May 2017 Accessed March 10 2023 Route 33 Straight Line Diagram Archived March 7 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation updated March 2017 Accessed March 10 2023 Reconnecting to the River NJ Route 29 Trenton NJ www trentonnj org Archived from the original on November 16 2023 Retrieved November 16 2023 Trenton Station Renovation Archived July 17 2012 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed March 16 2012 River Line System Map Archived November 24 2022 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed November 24 2022 Trenton New Jersey Archived August 9 2020 at the Wayback Machine Amtrak Accessed December 1 2019 McEvoy James Frontier Airlines cancels service from Trenton Mercer to 5 destinations because of lack of demand Archived January 6 2015 at the Wayback Machine Times of Trenton January 5 2015 Accessed January 5 2015 As of Tuesday Frontier Airlines will discontinue service to Nashville Tenn St Louis Indianapolis Milwaukee and Cleveland because of lack of demand Frontier spokesman Todd Lehmacher said in an email Service to Cleveland ended last month Mercer County Bus Rail Connections Archived from the original on May 22 2009 Retrieved May 22 2009 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link NJ Transit backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22 2009 Accessed November 20 2012 Mercer County Rider Guide Archived November 26 2019 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed November 27 2019 Mercer County Bus Service Archived August 9 2020 at the Wayback Machine Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association Accessed December 1 2019 Home page Archived December 22 2018 at the Wayback Machine WZBN Accessed December 7 2011 Sources editSchuyler Hamilton 1929 A history of Trenton 1679 1929 Princeton Princeton University Press The Trenton Historical Society Franklin Benjamin January 10 1764 Post Office Commissions to Abraham Hunt 10 January 1764 and 13 October 1775 Letter to To All to whom these Presents shall come National Archives Founders Online Retrieved April 4 2022 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trenton New Jersey nbsp Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Trenton nbsp Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article about Trenton New Jersey City of Trenton website Trenton Historical Society U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Trenton New Jersey US Census Data for Trenton NJ Preceded byAnnapolis Maryland Capital of the United Statesof America1784 1785 Succeeded byNew York City Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Trenton New Jersey amp oldid 1206093745, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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