Welcome to Trenton ...
So far, we found very little information about Trenton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Trenton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Trenton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Trenton, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Trenton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Curry County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Trenton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.
When the people of Trenton referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Trentonian<3>
Time Zone: The area where Trenton was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Trenton ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 40 communities that are also named Trenton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Trenton.
Adding Trenton to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Trenton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Trenton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Trenton post office opened in 1907.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Trenton.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Curry County: www.currycounty.org/
The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Trenton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Curry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Trenton refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Trenton may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |