Hitchcock County Nebraska Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Trenton Highlighted

Trenton Dam is a dam on the

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in Nebraska, standing in Hitchcock County in the southwestern part of the state. The facility stands about 2 and one-half miles west of

Trenton, Nebraska Trenton is a village in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, Hitchcock County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 516 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Hitchcock County. History Trenton was platted in 1885 wh ...

. The dam is a project of the

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and was built between 1949 and 1953 for irrigation water storage and flood control. At 144 feet high, the dam's length is 8600 feet at its crest. Lake Swanson is the reservoir formed by the dam, with a capacity of 246,291

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. It is popular for recreational fishing, boating, camping, hunting and hiking, with 4974 acres of water surface, 5253 land acres, and about 30 miles of shoreline.

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