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Welcome to West Trenton ...

West Trenton is located in Mercer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Trenton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1925.

A typical abbreviation for West Trenton: W. Trenton

West Trenton is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: West Trenton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for West Trenton: 609 & 640<3>

Communities Also Named West Trenton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named West Trenton - it's located in Maine.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Trenton.

Communities near West Trenton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Trenton.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around West Trenton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Trenton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Trenton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Trenton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Trenton. See our Newspapers Page for West Trenton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Trenton ...

Looking for more information about West Trenton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to West Trenton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for West Trenton.

Adding West Trenton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Trenton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for West Trenton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the West Trenton post office opened in 1925.

We also found West Trenton on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Trenton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Trenton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 609 code has been Overlayed with the 640 area code. New phone numbers in the West Trenton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 609 or 640. As a result, placing a call in the West Trenton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/