Do you know of Trenton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Trenton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Trenton.<1>
We found mention of Trenton as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Miami County, Kansas.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1861 and closed in 1862.
Communities Also Named Trenton ...
We found 40 communities that share the name Trenton.
There are four communities within Kansas that are also named Trenton.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 38 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Kingman County
- Labette County
- Saline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Trenton [Saline County].
- Shawnee County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Trenton [Jackson County].
- Arkansas
- Phillips County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Trenton [Phillips County].
- California
- Sonoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Trenton [Sonoma County].
- Florida
- Alachua County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Trenton [Alachua County].
- Gilchrist County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Trenton [Gilchrist County].
- Georgia
- Dade County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Trenton [Dade County].
- Illinois
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Trenton [Clinton County].
- Indiana
- Blackford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Trenton [Blackford County].
- Randolph County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Trenton [Randolph County].
- Iowa
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Trenton [Henry County].
- Kentucky
- Todd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Trenton [Todd County].
- Louisiana
- De Soto Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Trenton [De Soto Parish].
- Ouachita Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Trenton [Ouachita Parish].
- Maine
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Trenton [Hancock County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Trenton [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Trenton [Wayne County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Smith County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Trenton [Smith County].
- Missouri
- Grundy County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Trenton [Grundy County].
- Nebraska
- Hitchcock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Trenton [Hitchcock County].
- Nevada
- Lander County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Trenton [Lander County].
- New Jersey
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Trenton [Mercer County].
- New Mexico
- Curry County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Trenton [Curry County].
- New York
- Oneida County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Trenton [Oneida County].
- North Carolina
- Jones County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Trenton [Jones County].
- North Dakota
- Williams County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Trenton [Williams County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Trenton.
- Ohio
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Trenton [Butler County].
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Trenton [Jefferson County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Trenton.
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Trenton [Schuylkill County].
- South Carolina
- Edgefield County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Trenton [Edgefield County].
- Tennessee
- Gibson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Trenton [Gibson County].
- Texas
- Fannin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Trenton [Fannin County].
- Utah
- Cache County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Trenton [Cache County].
- Wisconsin
- Pierce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Trenton [Pierce County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Trenton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Trenton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Miami County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Miami County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Trenton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |