Trenton (Maine)

Trenton
Lighthouse
Location in Maine
Trenton
Basic data
Foundation :	February 16, 1789
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Hancock County
Coordinates :	44 ° 28 ′  N , 68 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 28 ′  N , 68 ° 23 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,481 (as of 2010)
Population density :	31.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	73.53 km 2  (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 47.06 km 2  (approx. 18 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	22 m
Postal code :	04605
Area code :	+1 207
FIPS :	23-77415
GNIS ID :	0582768
Website :	www.trentonme.com

Trenton is a town in Hancock County in the state of Maine in the United States . In 2010 there were 1,481 inhabitants in 663 households on an area of ​​73.53 km².

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Trenton has a total area of ​​73.53 km², of which 47.06 km² is land and 26.47 km² is made up of water .

Geographical location

Trenton is located in the southeast of Hancock County on a headland on the Atlantic Ocean . To the west of the Union River Bay , to the east by Mr. Desert Narrows . There are only smaller lakes in the area of ​​the town. The surface is rather flat, without any significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• Northeast: Lamoine , 8.0 km
• Southeast: Bar Harbor , 9 mi
• Southwest: Mount Desert , 9.2 mi
• West: Surry , 12.5 km
• Northwest: Ellsworth , 6.9 mi

City structure

There are several settlement areas in Trenton: Bayside , Goose Cove , Trenton and West Trenton .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Trenton is between −6.11 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 6 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. The snowfalls between October and May are up to two and a half meters, more than twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA; the daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

Trenton was organized as a Town on February 16, 1789, previously the area was named Plantation No. 1 East of Union River organized. In 1809 Trenton ceded land to Ellsworth, in 1828 to Hancock and in 1870 the Lamooine was formed from the eastern area of ​​Trenton. Areas of Eden, now Bar Harbor, were added in 1849.

A first settlement was created in 1763 by Ebenezer Thorndike. Until the establishment of the plantation, the area was called Thornbury or Thorndike Plantation.

Trenton was named after the Battle of Trenton during the American Revolutionary War .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Trenton, Maine
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										312
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	294	501	639	794	1062	1205	1400	678	639	528
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	459	354	314	338	403	358	375	392	718	1060
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1370	1481

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Maine State Route 184 runs north-south through west Trenton . Maine State Route 204 branches off from here in an easterly direction .

Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport is located in southeast Trenton.

Public facilities

There are no medical facilities in Trenton. The closest are in Bar Harbor and Ellsworth.

Trenton does not have its own library. The closest are in Hancock, Ellsworth and Sullivan.

education

In Trenton, the Trenton School Department is responsible for school education. The Trenton Elementary School in Trenton offers school classes from kindergarten to 8th grade.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• James G. Blunt (1826-1881), physician and abolitionist
• John E. Bunker (1866–1918), politician and Secretary of State of Maine
• George Washington Dow (1847-1919), captain

Personalities who have worked on site

• Robert W. Kates (1929–2018), geographer and environmental scientist

Web links

Commons : Trenton, Maine  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Community website
• Trenton on Maine.gov
• Trenton on City-Data.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Trenton in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 24, 2018
2. ↑ Maine 2010 Census Results ; official publication of the Census Authority, (English; PDF; 32.5 MB)
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ^ ^{A b} Trenton, Hancock County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Retrieved June 24, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Trenton, Maine (ME 04605) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on June 24, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ A Gazetteer of the State of Maine . Boston: BB Russell, 1881.
7. ↑ The Town of Trenton is located on the last point of mainland before entering Mount Desert Island, the "Gateway to Acadia". In: trentonme.com. Retrieved June 24, 2018 (UK English). 
8. ↑ Population 1870-2010 according to census results
9. ↑ Local: Maine.gov. In: maine.gov. Retrieved June 24, 2018 (American English). 
10. ^ Trenton Elementary School. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed June 24, 2018 .