Trenton (called ''Ose-te-a-da-que'', "''in the bone''" by the

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) is a

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, United States. The population was 4,297 at the 2020 census.

History

The first settlement was developed in 1793 by

Gerrit Boon Gerrit Boon (May 15, 1768 in Delft – December 2, 1821 in Gouda, South Holland, Gouda) was the son of a Lutheran minister Johan Michiel Boon. His father studied in Helmstedt and moved in 1752 from Amersfoort to Delft and in 1774 to Rotterdam. ...

in Barneveldt, as an agent of the

Holland Land Company The Holland Land Company was an unincorporated syndicate of thirteen Dutch investors from Amsterdam,Kirby, C.D. (1976). ''The Early History of Gowanda and The Beautiful Land of the Cattaraugus''. Gowanda, NY: Niagara Frontier Publishing Company ...

. Boon went back to Holland after a few years. His successor was

Adam Gerard Mappa Adam Gerard Mappa (Tournai,Kernkamp, P.M. (2005) "Tussen Reformatie en Revolutie. De familie Paspoort te Delft". In: "De Nederlandsche Leeuw" jg. 122 nr. 1. 25 November 1754 – Barneveld, New York, 15 April 1828) was a Dutch type-founder, Patr ...

, a Dutch typesetter. At the end of his life, Mappa's friend Francis Adrian Vanderkemp moved to Barneveld. The town was formed in 1797 from the Town of Schuyler (in

Herkimer County Herkimer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,139. Its county seat is Herkimer. The county was created in 1791 north of the Mohawk River out of part of Montgomery County. It is name ...

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). The name may have been selected because some local soldiers fought at the

Battle of Trenton The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington's George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, crossing of the ...

. The town includes areas from the Holland and Servis Patents. The Wethersfield Stone Schoolhouse was listed on the

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in 2005.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.78%) is water. The

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forms the eastern town line, the border of

. The town lent its name to the "Trenton Group", a

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bed that extends to

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. The Wethersfield Stone Schoolhouse was listed on the

in 2005.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,670 people, 1,776 households, and 1,287 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,932 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.07%

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, 0.39%

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, 0.06% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.34% of the population. There were 1,776 households, out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.07. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $49,559, and the median income for a family was $56,377. Males had a median income of $32,523 versus $28,516 for females. The

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for the town was $23,139. About 2.6% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the

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, including 7.4% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in Trenton

* Barneveld – The hamlet of Barneveld is in the east-central part of the town, west of Trenton Falls. *Barneveld Station – A location south of Barneveld on New York State Route 12 (NY 12). *Fox Hill – An elevation located north-northeast of Barneveld. *Hinckley – A

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located on NY 365 near the Hinckley Reservoir on the north bank of West Canada Creek. * Holland Patent – The Village of Holland Patent is in the southwestern part of the town on NY 365. *Mapledale – A location south of Barneveld. *

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– A hamlet in the northeastern corner of the town. *South Trenton – Located off NY 12 near the southern town border with Deerfield. *Steuben Valley – A hamlet at the western town line. *

Trenton Falls Trenton Falls is a waterfall on West Canada Creek in Trenton, New York. Scenic trails were developed by Brookfield Renewable Power and the Town of Trenton. The falls was and used to produce hydro generated electricity beginning in the early twenti ...

– A waterfall and hamlet at the eastern town line on

. *Trenton Falls Station – A location west of Trenton Falls.

Notable people

* John Waldo Douglas (1818–1883) -

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word ''Pr ...

minister born in Trenton * Mary E. Norton (1833-1916) -

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minister and home missionary worker, born in Trenton *

Hal Schumacher Harold Henry Schumacher (November 23, 1910 – April 21, 1993), nicknamed "Prince Hal", was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher who appeared in 391 games pitched (and 450 games in all) in Major League Baseball for t ...

, (1910–1993), was a professional baseball player for

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. * Daniel H. Wells (1814–1891) - frontier politician, religious leader born in Trenton

References

External links

Town of Trenton, NY
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