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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Trenton (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Trenton. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Trenton is located in Hancock County.

To see how the shape of Maine's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Trenton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trenton:

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Trenton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
    • West Trenton
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • West Trenton is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton
    • East Lamoine
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • East Lamoine is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lamoine
    • Indian Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Indian Point is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
    • Salsbury Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Salsbury Cove is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salsbury Cove
    • Lamoine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hulls Cove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ellsworth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Franklin Road
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
    • South Hancock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • South Hancock is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hancock
    • Surry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Surry is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,504 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surry <1>
    • Mount Desert
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • East Blue Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bar Harbor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Knox County
    • Isle Au Haut
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
    • Clifton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Clifton is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
    • East Eddington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
    • Goodale Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
    • Holden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Holden is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <1>
    • Brewer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Brewer is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,948 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewer <1>
    • North Orrington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
    • Orrington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
    • Sandy Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Prospect Ferry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
    • Stockton Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Prospect
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Frankfort
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Winterport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Islesboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islesboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • North Islesboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • North Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Islesboro
    • Searsport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • North Winterport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • North Winterport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
    • North Searsport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • North Searsport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
    • East Northport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • East Northport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
    • Northport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
    • Steuben
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • East Steuben
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • East Steuben is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
    • Cherryfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Milbridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Deblois
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Deblois is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deblois
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Harrington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trenton, see our County-by-County Page for Trenton.

Cemeteries Near Trenton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trenton.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Trenton - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trenton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.

  • Leland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Goose Cove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Haynes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Alley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Murch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gray Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Higgins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • East Lamoine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Whittenmore Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Moore Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (172 more) ...
    • Haskell Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Paine Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Salisbury Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Trenton had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Trenton had a population of 1,568 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.

  • West Trenton
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • West Trenton is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton
  • Eden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Eden is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Indian Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Indian Point is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
  • Lamoine Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lamoine Beach is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine Beach
  • East Lamoine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • East Lamoine is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lamoine
  • South Surry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • South Surry is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Surry
  • Lamoine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Marlboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marlboro is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
  • East Surry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • East Surry is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Surry
  • Pretty Marsh
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pretty Marsh is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Marsh
  • Hulls Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • East Blue Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Ellsworth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mount Desert
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hancock Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Hancock Point is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Point

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trenton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trenton.

Newspapers Published in Trenton ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trenton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trenton, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trenton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Trenton:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trenton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.