Trenton, Florida
| Trenton, Florida | |
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| City | |
Trenton City Hall
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| Motto: "Building Upon a Foundation of Integrity" | |
 Location in Gilchrist County and the state of Florida |
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| Coordinates: 29°36′54″N 82°49′4″W / 29.61500°N 82.81778°WCoordinates: 29°36′54″N 82°49′4″W / 29.61500°N 82.81778°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Florida
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| County | Gilchrist |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City Manager | Taylor Brown |
| • Mayor | Glen Thigpen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.42 sq mi (8.85 km2) |
| • Land | 3.42 sq mi (8.85 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,999 |
| • Density | 585/sq mi (225.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 32693 |
| Area code(s) | 352 |
| FIPS code | 12-72350 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0292420 |
| Website | www |
Trenton is a city in Gilchrist County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,999 as of the 2010 census, and in 2015 it was estimated to be 2,066. It is the county seat of Gilchrist County.
Trenton is located near the southern border of Gilchrist County at 29°36′54″N 82°49′4″W / 29.61500°N 82.81778°W (29.615081, -82.817732).U.S. Route 129 is the city's Main Street; it leads north 28 miles (45 km) to Branford and south 11 miles (18 km) to Chiefland. Florida State Road 26 (Wade Street) leads east 13 miles (21 km) to Newberry and 30 miles (48 km) to Gainesville, while to the west it leads 8 miles (13 km) to Fanning Springs. Florida State Road 47 (Trenton Boulevard) intersects US 129 in the northern part of Trenton and leads northeast 42 miles (68 km) to Lake City.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Trenton has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km2), all land.
Trenton is in a rural area and is the hometown of country music singer Easton Corbin.
The first Paleo-Indians reached the central Florida area near the end of the last ice age, as they followed big game south. As the ice melted and sea levels rose, these Native Americans ended up staying and thrived on the peninsula for thousands of years. By the time the first Spanish conquistadors arrived, there were over 250,000 Native Americans living on the peninsula. Some of these first early tribes were the , Timucua, and Calusa. In 1527, a Spanish map showed a settlement near the Rio de la Paz (present-day Peace River). The arrival of the Spanish turned out to be disastrous to these Native American tribes. Within 150 years, the majority of the pre-Columbian Native American peoples of Florida had been mercilessly slaughtered. Many of those who had not succumbed to diseases such as yellow fever or scarlet fever were either killed or enslaved by the Spaniards. Little is left of these first Native American cultures in Trenton except for scant archeological records, including a few personal artifacts. Eventually the remnants of these tribes would merge with the Bell Indians who arrived from the north and became the Seminole people.
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