Trenton, Nebraska
| Trenton | |
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 Main Street, Church of God |
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| Location in county and Nebraska | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1885 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Nebraska |
| County : | Hitchcock County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 11 ′ N , 101 ° 1 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 560 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 373.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.5 km 2 (about 1 mi 2 ) of which 1.5 km 2 (about 1 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 815 m |
| Postal code : | 69044 |
| Area code : | +1 308 |
| FIPS : | 31-49145 |
| GNIS ID : | 0834155 |
| Website : | www.villageoftrenton.net |
Trenton is a place (status "Populated Place") in Hitchcock County in the US state of Nebraska and the seat of the administration of the county ( County Seat ). At the April 2010 census , Trenton had 560 inhabitants. US Highway 34 and Nebraska Highway 25 run through the town .
history
The origins of Trenton are a little west of today's town center. The first buildings were erected along the Great Western Cattle Trail in the late 1860s. Nearby, on August 5, 1873, Sioux Indians committed a massacre of a group of Pawnee Indians, a reminder of which is the Massacre Canyon Monument , erected on September 26, 1930 . The settlement was initially named "Trail City". In 1882 the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad railroad built a first rail depot in Trail City. Since this location did not seem ideal due to the somewhat hilly terrain, the railway company moved the depot to today's center in 1885 and decided to relocate and expand the settlement around the new depot. The place was renamed "Trenton", the name was chosen based on Trenton (New Jersey) . In October 1885 the place had 20 inhabitants. In the following years the city was steadily expanded, the infrastructure expanded, churches and shops built. When Trenton was incorporated into Hitchcock County in 1887, it already had 239 residents.
From 1891 there were efforts to move the administrative seat of Hitchcock County from Culbertson to Trenton and thus in the center of the county. Three ballots were held by the end of October 1893, when the decision was ultimately in Trenton's favor. Legend has it that on the night of October 1, 1893, some residents of Trenton drove wooden carts to Culbertson to bring the county files and records to Trenton on behalf of District Judge Uelty to anticipate the outcome of the election; however, there are no historically secure records for this. In 1894, Trenton was officially named a county seat. The relocation of the administrative headquarters led to long-term resentment between the two villages.
In 1906 the first courthouse in Trenton was built. The building was used as a courthouse until 1969 and is now part of the Hitchcock County Museum.
Severe flood damage occurred in Trenton in May and June 1935 when the Republican River, south of the town, overflowed its banks. Several residents of the place were killed, and there was also serious damage to buildings, roads, bridges and the railway line.
In the course of the construction of the Trenton Dam in the Republican River between 1949 and 1953, the original railway line was closed and relocated to the north of Trenton. During the construction of the dam, the place reached its highest population with 1,300 people in 1950.
To the northwest of the local area, the community maintained a small airfield. In 2015, Trenton Municipal Airport was closed for reasons of profitability.
Public facilities
There is a junior high school and a high school in Trenton . The local public library holds over 10,000 books, films and games.
The Hitchcock County Historical Society operates the Hitchcock County Museum in Trenton. The history of the county is presented in a complex of five buildings. The museum's Weyl Service Station , a former gas station built in 1921, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Swanson Reservoir State Recreation Area
Southwest of Trenton is the Swanson Reservoir State Recreation Area . The eponymous Swanson Lake was created between 1949 and 1953 through the construction of the Trenton Dam, which dams the Republican River. The construction of the dam was a project by the Bureau of Reclamation . The lake is used for fishing and as a bathing lake, there are camping facilities and several hunting areas in the area.
Personalities
- Tom Baker (born 1948), state legislator of the Nebraska Legislature
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2010 Census Interactive Population Search. US Census Bureau, accessed August 29, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d Trenton, Hitchcock. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, accessed August 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Culbertson, Hitchcock. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, accessed August 30, 2017 .
- ^ Joy Hayden: The 1935 Republican River Flood . The History Press, Charleston, SC 2015, ISBN 978-1-62619-855-5 , pp. 77 ff . (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ^ Southwest Nebraska village of Trenton shuts down its little-used airport. Omaha World-Herald, October 5, 2015, accessed August 29, 2017 .
- ^ Weyl Service Station. In: NPGallery Digital Asset Management System. National Park Service, 2002, accessed August 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Trenton Dam. US Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, accessed August 29, 2017 .
- ^ Swanson Reservoir State Recreation Area. Visit Nebraska, accessed August 29, 2017 .
- ^ Sen. Baker elected as committee chairman. McCook Gazette, January 9, 2003, accessed August 29, 2017 .