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{{Short description|Capital city of New Jersey, United States}}
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| name               = Trenton, New Jersey
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| settlement_type    = [[List of U.S. state capitals|State capital]]
| nicknames           = ''The Capital City'',<br>''Turning Point of the Revolution''
| motto = {{force singular}} "Trenton Makes, The World Takes"<ref>Kuperinsky, Amy. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/01/town_mottos_new_jersey_slogans.html "'The Jewel of the Meadowlands'?: N.J.'s best, worst and weirdest town slogans"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120071513/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/01/town_mottos_new_jersey_slogans.html |date=November 20, 2017 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], January 22, 2015. Accessed July 12, 2016. "Trenton. There are scant few unfamiliar with the huge neon sign installed in 1935 that sits on the Lower Trenton Bridge, declaring 'Trenton Makes, The World Takes.' Lumber company owner S. Roy Heath came up with the slogan, originally 'The World Takes, Trenton Makes,' for a chamber of commerce contest in 1910."</ref>

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| leader_title       = [[Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Reed Gusciora]] (term ends December 31, 2026)<ref name=Council/><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/dca/home/2023mayors.pdf 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311072207/https://www.state.nj.us/dca/home/2023mayors.pdf |date=March 11, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], updated February 8, 2023. Accessed February 10, 2023.</ref>
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| leader_name1       = Adam E. Cruz<ref>[https://www.trentonnj.org/180/Administration-Finance Administration & Finance Department] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194346/https://www.trentonnj.org/180/Administration |date=October 1, 2023 }}, City of Trenton. Accessed March 10, 2023.</ref>
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'''Trenton''' is the [[List of capitals in the United States|capital city]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]] and the [[county seat]] of [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]]. It was the [[federal capital|capital of the United States]] from November 1 until December 24, 1784.<ref name=CountyMap>[http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/catctytable.html New Jersey County Map] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313034019/http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/catctytable.html |date=March 13, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed July 10, 2017.</ref><ref name=UScapital/> Trenton and [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]] are the two principal cities of the Trenton–Princeton [[metropolitan statistical area]], which encompasses those cities and all of Mercer County for statistical purposes and constitutes part of the [[New York metropolitan area#Combined statistical area|New York combined statistical area]] by the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]].<ref name="auto">[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/reference-maps/2020/state-maps/34_NewJersey_2020.pdf New Jersey: 2020 Core Based Statistical Areas and Counties] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413103924/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/reference-maps/2020/state-maps/34_NewJersey_2020.pdf |date=April 13, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 22, 2022.</ref> However, Trenton directly borders the [[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia metropolitan area]] to its west, and the city was part of the Philadelphia combined statistical area from 1990 until 2000.<ref name="FCC DMA Current">[https://www.bls.gov/bls/omb-bulletin-13-01-revised-delineations-of-metropolitan-statistical-areas.pdf "Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422140928/https://www.bls.gov/bls/omb-bulletin-13-01-revised-delineations-of-metropolitan-statistical-areas.pdf |date=April 22, 2019 }}, [[Office of Management and Budget]] Bulletin 13-01, February 28, 2013. Accessed April 22, 2019.</ref>

In the [[2020 United States census]], Trenton was [[List of municipalities in New Jersey|the state's 10th-most-populous municipality]],<ref name=Largest2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_PL94_Summary/Table_1_2020.xlsx Table1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121552/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_PL94_Summary/Table_1_2020.xlsx |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> with a population of 90,871,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 5,958 (+7.0%) from the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] count of 84,913,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn had reflected a decline of 490 (−0.6%) from the 85,403 counted in the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]].<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602092646/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls |date=June 2, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]], February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref> The [[United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau]]'s [[Population Estimates Program]] calculated that the city's population was 89,661 in 2022,<ref name=Census2020/> ranking the city the [[List of United States cities by population|382nd-most-populous in the country]].<ref name=ANNRNK/> Trenton is the only city in New Jersey that serves three [[commuter rail]] transit systems ([[Amtrak]], [[NJ Transit]], and [[SEPTA]]), and the city has encouraged a spate of [[transit village|transit-oriented development]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trentonnj.org/743/Trenton-Transit-District-Plans |title=Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey Trenton Transit District Plans Trenton Transit District Development Project |quote=As the only city in New Jersey to serve three major railway systems (Amtrak, NJ Transit, and SEPTA), with service to New York and Philadelphia, Trenton has untapped potential to support dense, walkable, and mixed-use development near the City’s transit stations. |access-date=May 18, 2023 |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519024007/https://www.trentonnj.org/743/Trenton-Transit-District-Plans |url-status=live}}</ref>

Trenton dates back at least to June 3, 1719, when mention was made of a [[constable]] being appointed for Trenton while the area was still part of [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]]. Boundaries were recorded for Trenton Township as of March 2, 1720.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf#page=160 ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. pp. 164–165. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref> A courthouse and jail were constructed in Trenton around 1720, and the Freeholders of Hunterdon County met annually in Trenton.<ref>[http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/history.htm County History] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725153706/http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/history.htm |date=July 25, 2017 }}, [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed April 18, 2011.</ref>

On November 25, 1790, Trenton became New Jersey's capital, and by November 13, 1792, the City of Trenton was formed within Trenton Township. Trenton Township was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on February 21, 1798.

The city historically had a major [[manufacturing]] industry, with factories producing iron, steel, rubber, pottery, and other products that served the nation. Today Trenton's economy is dominated by the [[Government of New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wojdyla |first=Kelsey |date=2014-04-28 |title=From iron to steel to pottery, Trenton once flexed industrial might for world to take |url=https://www.nj.com/mercer/2014/04/from_iron_to_steel_to_pottery_trenton_once_flexed_industrial_might_for_world_to_take.html |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The Times of Trenton |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton December 26 1776.jpeg|thumb|''[[The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776]]'', a painting by [[John Trumbull]]]]
[[File:Old Barracks, South Willow Street, Trenton (Mercer County, New Jersey).jpg|thumb|The Old Barracks in Trenton]]
The earliest known inhabitants of the area that is today Trenton were the [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]],<ref>[http://ellarslie.org/before-there-was-trenton/ "Before There Was Trenton: A 350th Anniversary Look at the 17th Century Display of Early New Netherland Colonial Artifacts June 22 – October 19, 2014"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929030918/https://ellarslie.org/before-there-was-trenton/ |date=September 29, 2020 }}, Trenton City Museum, October 12, 2014. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref> specifically the [[Axion people|Axion]] band who were the largest tribe on the [[Delaware River]] in the mid-17th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ricky |first1=Donald B. |title=Indians of Maryland |date=1999 |publisher=Somerset |location=St. Clair Shoes, MI |isbn=9780403098774 |page=72 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=88z94nv6rlwC}}</ref>

The first European settlement in what would become Trenton was established by [[Quakers]] in 1679, in the region then called the Falls of the Delaware, led by Mahlon Stacy from [[Handsworth, South Yorkshire|Handsworth]], [[Sheffield]], [[England]]. Quakers were being persecuted in England at this time, and North America provided an opportunity to exercise their religious freedom.<ref>Hunter, Richard. [http://www.state.nj.us/counties/mercer/about/community/pdfs/os_abbottch4.pdf "Chapter 4: Land Use History"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601105241/http://www.state.nj.us/counties/mercer/about/community/pdfs/os_abbottch4.pdf |date=June 1, 2016 }}, from ''Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark Interpretive Plan'', [[Mercer County, New Jersey]]. Accessed May 5, 2016.</ref>

By 1719, the town adopted the name "Trent-towne", after [[William Trent (Trenton)|William Trent]], one of its leading landholders who purchased much of the surrounding land from Stacy's family. This name was later shortened to "Trenton".<ref>Krystal, Becky. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/trenton-nj-one-for-the-history-buffs/2011/02/10/AB6YArQ_story.html "Trenton, N.J.: One for the history buffs"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001074238/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/trenton-nj-one-for-the-history-buffs/2011/02/10/AB6YArQ_story.html |date=October 1, 2017 }}, ''[[The Washington Post]]'', February 10, 2011. Accessed January 10, 2012. "Back in the early 18th century, at least, the area was remote enough for Trent, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant, to build his summer home there near the banks of the Delaware River. And though it's dwarfed by its modern-day neighbors, at the time the home reflected its owner's 'ostentatious nature,' Nedoresow said. Further stroking his ego, he named the settlement he laid out 'Trent-towne,' which eventually evolved into the current moniker."</ref><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=31 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115082401/http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=31 |date=November 15, 2015 }}, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 12, 2015.</ref><ref>[[Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]]. [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n303 <!-- pg=304 --> ''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States''], p. 304. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1905. Accessed October 12, 2015.</ref>

The first municipal boundaries were recorded on March 2, 1720, and a courthouse and jail were constructed around the same time.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History of Trenton {{!}} Trenton, NJ |url=https://www.trentonnj.org/306/History-of-Trenton#:~:text=Trenton%20became%20New%20Jersey's%20capital,Legislature%20on%20February%2021,%201798. |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.trentonnj.org |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116042557/https://www.trentonnj.org/306/History-of-Trenton#:~:text=Trenton%20became%20New%20Jersey's%20capital,Legislature%20on%20February%2021,%201798. |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1758, the [[Old Barracks Museum|Old Barracks]] were built to house British soldiers during the [[French and Indian War]]. On January 19, 1764, [[Benjamin Franklin]], Postmaster General of the colonies, appointed [[Abraham Hunt]], a Lieutenant Colonel in the New Jersey [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]] militia and prominent merchant in Trenton, as the city's first postmaster. Hunt was again appointed Trenton's postmaster on October 13, 1775, shortly after the [[American Revolutionary War]] broke out.<ref name="napo">[[#franklin1764|National Archives: Post Office Commissions to Abraham Hunt, 10 January 1764]]</ref><ref name="schuyler">[[#schuyler1929|Schuyler, 1929]], p. 132</ref>

During the [[American Revolutionary War]], Trenton was the site of the [[Battle of Trenton]]. On December 25–26, 1776, [[George Washington]] and his army [[Washington's crossing of the Delaware River|crossed the icy Delaware River]] to Trenton, where they defeated [[Hessian (soldiers)|Hessian troops]] garrisoned there.<ref>[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-wins-first-major-u-s-victory-at-trenton "This Day in History – Dec 26, 1776: Washington wins first major U.S. victory at Trenton"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128043949/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-wins-first-major-u-s-victory-at-trenton |date=January 28, 2020 }}, [[History (American TV network)|History]], November 13, 2009, updated July 27, 2019. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref> The second battle of Trenton, [[Battle of the Assunpink Creek]], was fought here on January 2, 1777.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fischer |first=David Hackett |author-link=David Hackett Fischer |title=[[Washington's Crossing (book)|Washington's Crossing]] |location=New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2006 |isbn=0-19-518159-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/washingtonscross00fisc/page/290 290–307] |chapter=The Bridge. Assunpink, The Most Awful Moment |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oreq1YztDcQC&pg=PA290 |access-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194343/https://books.google.com/books?id=Oreq1YztDcQC&pg=PA290#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref> After the war, the [[Congress of the Confederation]] met for two months at the [[French Arms Tavern]] from November 1, 1784, to December 24, 1784.<ref name="UScapital">Parker, L.A. [http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2009/11/06/news/doc4af39f543e060661656184.txt "City celebrating role as U.S. capital in 1784"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902225219/http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2009/11/06/news/doc4af39f543e060661656184.txt |date=September 2, 2017 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]'', November 6, 2009. Accessed January 10, 2012. "City and state leaders kicked off a two-month celebration yesterday with a news conference highlighting Trenton's brief role as the capital of the United States in 1784."</ref> While the city was preferred by [[New England]] and other northern states as a permanent capital for the new country, the southern states ultimately prevailed in their choice of a location south of the [[Mason–Dixon line]].<ref>Messler, Mary J. [http://www.trentonhistory.org/His/post-revolutionary.html "Chapter IV: Some Notable Events of Post-Revolutionary Times"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202180754/http://www.trentonhistory.org/His/post-revolutionary.html |date=February 2, 2017 }} from ''A History of Trenton: 1679–1929'', Trenton Historical Society. Accessed May 5, 2016. "The question now resolved itself into a quarrel between the North and the South. New England favored Trenton, whereas the Southern States felt that in the selection of any site north of Mason and Dixon's line their claims for recognition were being slighted, and their interests sacrificed to New England's commercialism."</ref> On April 21, 1789, the city hosted a [[George Washington's reception at Trenton|reception for George Washington]] on his journey to New York City for [[First inauguration of George Washington|his first inauguration]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Stryker |first=William S. |title=Washington's reception by the people of New Jersey in 1789 |url=https://archive.org/details/washingtonsrecep00stry |year=1882 |page=[https://archive.org/details/washingtonsrecep00stry/page/4 4] |location=Trenton, New Jersey}}</ref> The [[Trenton Battle Monument]], a {{Convert|150|ft|adj=on}} granite column topped with a statue of George Washington, was built in 1893 to commemorate the battle.<ref name=Britannica>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Trenton-New-Jersey Trenton New Jersey, United States] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326224812/https://www.britannica.com/place/Trenton-New-Jersey |date=March 26, 2023 }}, ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. Accessed November 19, 2023.</ref>

Trenton became the state capital in 1790, but prior to that year the [[New Jersey Legislature]] often met in the city.<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/nj/about/history/short_history.html A Short History of New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103105217/http://www.nj.gov/nj/about/history/short_history.html |date=January 3, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey]]. Accessed January 10, 2012.</ref> The city was incorporated on November 13, 1792.<ref name="Story" /> In 1792, the [[New Jersey State House]] was built, making it the third-oldest state house in the country.<ref name=Britannica /> In 1799, the federal government [[Relocation of the United States Government to Trenton|relocated its offices to Trenton]] for a period of several months, following an outbreak of [[yellow fever]] in the then-capital of Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Messler |first1=Mary |title=Some Notable Events of Post-Revolutionary Times |url=https://www.trentonhistory.org/His/post-revolutionary.html |website=trentonhistory.org |publisher=Trenton Historical Society |access-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223092101/http://trentonhistory.org/His/post-revolutionary.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[War of 1812]], the [[United States Army]]'s primary hospital was at a site on Broad Street.<ref>[http://www.trentonnj.org/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=55&TPID=5612 Some of Trenton's History] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003084553/http://www.trentonnj.org/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=55&TPID=5612 |date=October 3, 2019 }}, City of Trenton. Accessed October 12, 2015. "During the 1812 War, the primary hospital facility for the U.S. Army was at a temporary location on Broad Street."</ref>

Trenton had maintained an iron industry since the 1730s and a pottery industry since at least 1723. The completion of both the Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Camden and Amboy Railroad in the 1830s spurred industrial development in Trenton. In 1845, industrialist [[Peter Cooper]] opened a rolling mill. In 1848, engineer [[John A. Roebling|John Roebling]] moved his [[wire rope]] mill to the city, where suspension cables for bridges were manufactured, including the [[Brooklyn Bridge]]. Throughout the 19th century, Trenton grew steadily, as European immigrants came to work in its [[pottery]] and wire rope mills. Trenton became known as an industrial hub for [[Rail transport|railroads]], [[Trucking industry in the United States|trucking]], [[rubber]], [[plastic]]s, [[metalworking]], [[Electric power industry|electrical]], [[Automotive industry|automobile]] parts, [[Glass production|glass]], and [[Textile industry|textiles]] industries.<ref name=Britannica />

The city's largest and most long-standing industry was ceramics. From the 1850s-1950s, scores of pottery companies called the city home and Trenton became known as the "Staffordshire of America." In the late 19th century Walter Scott Lenox founded the Ceramic Art Company, which eventually became [[Lenox (company)|Lenox, Inc.]], a nationally-known producer of fine china.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Denker |first=Ellen Paul |title=Lenox China: Celebrating a Century of Quality, 1889-1989 |publisher=New Jersey State Museum and Lenox China |year=1989}}</ref> Lenox designed and manufactured [[White House china]] for multiple [[Presidents of the United States]].

On February 22, 1834, portions of Trenton Township were taken to form [[Ewing Township, New Jersey|Ewing Township]]. The remaining portion of Trenton Township was absorbed by the city on April 10, 1837.  In 1837, with the population now too large for government by council, a new mayoral government was adopted, with by-laws that remain in operation to this day.<ref>Richman, Steven M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=GiJRZVzkcskC&pg=PA49 ''Reconsidering Trenton: The Small City in the Post-Industrial Age''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194343/https://books.google.com/books?id=GiJRZVzkcskC&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 1, 2023 }}, p. 49. [[McFarland & Company]], 2010. {{ISBN|9780786462230}}. Accessed November 15, 2015.</ref> During the latter half of the century, Trenton annexed multiple municipalities: [[South Trenton, New Jersey|South Trenton]] Borough on April 14, 1851, portions of [[Nottingham Township, New Jersey|Nottingham Township]] on April 14, 1856, [[Chambersburg, Trenton, New Jersey|Chambersburg]] and [[Millham Township, New Jersey|Millham Township]] on March 30, 1888, and [[Wilbur, Trenton, New Jersey|Wilbur]] borough on February 28, 1898.<ref name=":0" /> Portions of Ewing Township and [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]] were annexed to Trenton on March 23, 1900.<ref name="Story" /><ref>Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. [https://books.google.com/books?id=nOkkAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA302 ''Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896–1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194343/https://books.google.com/books?id=nOkkAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA302#v=onepage&q&f=false|date=October 1, 2023}}, p. 302. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed October 12, 2015.</ref>

In 1855, the [[The College of New Jersey|College of New Jersey]] was founded in Trenton. In 1865, [[Rider University]] was also founded in Trenton. [[Mercer County Community College|Mercer Community College]] began in Trenton in 1966.<ref name=Britannica />

The [[Trenton Six]] were a group of black men arrested for the alleged murder of an elderly white shopkeeper in January 1948 with a soda bottle. They were arrested without warrants, denied lawyers and sentenced to death based on what were described as coerced confessions. With the involvement of the Communist Party and the NAACP, there were several appeals, resulting in a total of four trials. Eventually the accused men (with the exception of one who died in prison) were released. The incident was the subject of the book ''Jersey Justice: The Story of the Trenton Six'', written by Cathy Knepper.<ref>Blackwell, John|. [http://www.capitalcentury.com/1948.html "1948: A cry for justice"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225034751/http://www.capitalcentury.com/1948.html |date=December 25, 2017 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]''. Accessed June 4, 2018.</ref><ref>Schlegel, Sharon. [http://www.nj.com/times-opinion/index.ssf/2012/01/harrowing_case_of_the_trenton.html "Harrowing case of the 'Trenton Six'"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820043820/https://www.nj.com/times-opinion/index.ssf/2012/01/harrowing_case_of_the_trenton.html |date=August 20, 2018 }}, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'', January 28, 2012. Accessed June 4, 2018. "The recently published story of the 'Trenton Six,' dramatically told in Cathy Knepper's newest book, ''Jersey Justice: The Story of the Trenton Six,'' is so filled with proven instances of injustice that it is almost hard to believe.... Reading how the men were arrested randomly and haphazardly (despite a partial witness claiming they were not the perpetrators) is horrifying. Equally upsetting is that they were held incommunicado for days without warrants, abused and drugged into confessing."</ref>

In the 1950s, the State of New Jersey purchased a large portion of what was then Stacy Park, a large riverfront park located next to downtown that contained large open lawns, landscaping, and [[Esplanade|promenades]]. Much of the park was demolished to make way for the construction of Route 29, despite the [[Highway revolt|protests]] toward its construction. After it was built, the area was then mostly filled with parking lots and scattered state office buildings, disconnecting the city from the riverfront.<ref>[https://www.trentonnj.org/DocumentCenter/View/6120/Chapter-7---Riverfront-District- ''Chapter 7 Riverfront District Downtown Capital District Master Plan Trenton, New Jersey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116031854/https://www.trentonnj.org/DocumentCenter/View/6120/Chapter-7---Riverfront-District- |date=November 16, 2023 }}, City of Trenton. Accessed November 19, 2023.</ref>

===Riots of 1968===
The Trenton Riots of 1968 were a major civil disturbance that took place during the week following the assassination of civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] on April 4. [[Race riot]]s broke out nationwide following the murder of the civil rights activist. More than 200 Trenton businesses, mostly in Downtown, were ransacked and burned. More than 300 people, most of them young black men, were arrested on charges ranging from assault and arson to looting and violating the mayor's emergency curfew. In addition to 16 injured policemen, 15 firefighters were treated at city hospitals for injuries suffered while fighting raging blazes or inflicted by rioters. Area residents pulled false alarms and would then throw bricks at firefighters responding to the alarm boxes. This experience, along with similar experiences in other major cities, effectively ended the use of open-cab fire engines. As an interim measure, the Trenton Fire Department fabricated temporary cab enclosures from steel deck plating until new equipment could be obtained. The losses incurred by downtown businesses were initially estimated by the city to be $7&nbsp;million, but the total of insurance claims and settlements came to $2.5&nbsp;million.<ref>Cumbler, John T. [https://books.google.com/books?id=G1kVVDSqCT8C&pg=PA283 ''A Social History of Economic Decline: Business, Politics and Work in Trenton''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194433/https://books.google.com/books?id=G1kVVDSqCT8C&pg=PA283#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 1, 2023 }}, p. 283. [[Rutgers University Press]], 1989. {{ISBN|9780813513744}}. Accessed February 12, 2014.</ref>

Trenton's [[Battle Monument, Trenton, New Jersey|Battle Monument]] neighborhood was hardest hit. Since the 1950s, North Trenton had witnessed a steady exodus of middle-class residents, and the riots spelled the end for North Trenton. By the 1970s, the region had become one of the most blighted and crime-ridden in the city.<ref>Listokin, David; and Listokin, Barbara. [https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/PDF/brahvol2.pdf ''Barriers to the Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing Volume II Case Studies''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018012048/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/PDF/brahvol2.pdf |date=October 18, 2020 }}, [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]], May 2001. Accessed December 1, 2019. "Socioeconomic and housing challenges are especially severe in some of Trenton’s oldest neighborhoods. In the Old Trenton area, abandonment went unchecked for decades, and when abandoned houses were demolished by the city, the empty lots remaining would fill with garbage and vermin. Another hard-hit location was the 'Battle Monument' area: 'Time has not been kind to the Battle Monument section of this city. The five-block area, the hub of the Battle of Trenton in 1775 and of transportation in the 1950s, has in the last four decades suffered from abandonment and neglect.'"</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:2014-05-12 12 17 50 View of the "Falls of the Delaware" and downtown Trenton, New Jersey from Morrisville, Pennsylvania.JPG|thumb|The "Falls of the Delaware," part of the [[Delaware River]] in Trenton]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the city had a total area of 8.21 square miles (21.25&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 7.58 square miles (19.63&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.63 square miles (1.62&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (7.62%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> In terms of land area, Trenton is also the [[List of capitals in the United States#State capitals|second-smallest of the United States capital cities]], behind [[Annapolis, Maryland]].<ref>[https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-10-smallest-state-capitals.html The 10 Least Populated State Capitals] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823221311/https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-10-smallest-state-capitals.html |date=August 23, 2023 }}, World Atlas. Accessed August 23, 2023. "Annapolis, Maryland, the 8th smallest state capital by population is also the smallest state capital in size with an area of 6.73 square miles. Other small capitals include Trenton, New Jersey (7.66 sq mi); Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (8.11 sq mi); and Montpelier, Vermont (10.2 sq mi)."</ref>

Trenton is located near the [[Geographical centre|geographic center]] of the state, which is located {{convert|5|mi|km}} southeast of the city.<ref>[https://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=NJ Science In Your Backyard: New Jersey] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821165759/https://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=NJ |date=August 21, 2007 }}, [[United States Geological Survey]]. Accessed October 28, 2014.</ref><ref>Stirling, Stephen. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/us_census_shows_nj_turnpike_in.html "U.S. Census shows East Brunswick as statistical center of N.J."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612191013/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/us_census_shows_nj_turnpike_in.html |date=June 12, 2018 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], March 31, 2011. Accessed May 21, 2017. "The state's geographic center remains Hamilton Township in Mercer County, just southeast of Trenton."</ref>

Mercer County constitutes its own [[metropolitan statistical area]], the Trenton-[[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]] MSA, which is part of the [[Tri-State area (New York-New Jersey-Connecticut)|Tri-State Region]].<ref name="auto" /> Locals consider Trenton to be a part of [[Central Jersey]], and thus part of neither [[North Jersey]] nor [[South Jersey]] though sometimes included in both.<ref>Weiss, Daniel. [https://njmonthly.com/articles/towns-schools/northsouth-skirmishes/ "North/South Skirmishes; A film tries to draw the line between North and South Jersey."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185029/https://njmonthly.com/articles/towns-schools/northsouth-skirmishes/ |date=June 12, 2018 }}, ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', April 30, 2008. Accessed June 12, 2018.</ref> They are generally split as to whether they are within New York or Philadelphia's sphere of influence. While it is closer to Philadelphia, many people commute to New York City and have moved there to escape the New York region's high housing costs.

Trenton is one of two state capitals that border another state—the other being [[Carson City, Nevada]].<ref>Howe, Randy. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XzoN1OJoXK4C&pg=PT1159 ''Nifty 50 States Brainiac''], p. 1159. [[Kaplan Publishing]], 2008. {{ISBN|9781427797117}}. Accessed February 12, 2014. "Carson City is one of just two capital cities in the United States that borders another state; the other is Trenton, New Jersey."</ref>

Trenton borders [[Ewing Township, New Jersey|Ewing Township]], [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]] and [[Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Lawrence Township]] in Mercer County; and [[Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Falls Township]], [[Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Makefield Township]] and [[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville]] in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania]], across the [[Delaware River]] in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010539/touches.html Areas touching Trenton] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809143310/https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010539/touches.html |date=August 9, 2020 }}, MapIt. Accessed March 15, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.dvrpc.org/Mapping/Maps/pdf/Mercer_MCDs.pdf Municipalities within Mercer County, NJ] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127232518/https://www.dvrpc.org/Mapping/Maps/pdf/Mercer_MCDs.pdf |date=November 27, 2019 }}, [[Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204213712/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf |date=December 4, 2003 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

The [[Northeast Corridor]] goes through Trenton. A straight line drawn between [[Center City, Philadelphia]] and [[Downtown Manhattan]] would pass within 2000 feet of the [[New Jersey State House]].

Several bridges across the [[Delaware River]] connect Trenton to [[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville]], [[Pennsylvania]], all of which are operated by the [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]].<ref>[https://www.drjtbc.org/bridge-info/ Discover Our Bridges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231000825/http://www.drjtbc.org/bridge-info/|date=December 31, 2019}}, [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]]. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref> The [[Trenton–Morrisville Toll Bridge]], originally constructed in 1952, stretches {{convert|1324|ft}}, carrying [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]].<ref>[https://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/trenton-morrisville/ Trenton-Morrisville (Rt. 1) Toll Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219073042/http://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/trenton-morrisville/|date=December 19, 2019}}, [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]]. Accessed December 1, 2019. "The Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge carries U.S. Route 1 over the Delaware River between Trenton, New Jersey and Morrisville, Pennsylvania.... The bridge is a twelve-span, simply supported composite steel girder and concrete deck structure with an overall length of 1,324 feet."</ref> The [[Lower Trenton Bridge]], bearing the legend "TRENTON MAKES THE WORLD TAKES", is a {{convert|1022|ft|adj=on}} span that was constructed in 1928 on the site of a bridge that dates back to 1804.<ref>[https://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/lower-trenton-bridge/ Lower Trenton Toll-Supported Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125085817/http://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/lower-trenton-bridge/|date=November 25, 2019}}, [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]]. Accessed December 1, 2019. "The Lower Trenton Toll-Supported Bridge, also known as the 'Trenton Makes The World Takes Bridge,' connects Warren Street in Trenton, N.J. with East Bridge Street in Morrisville, Pa. -- one of three bridges connecting the two communities.... The current 1,022-foot bridge is a five-span Warren Truss built in 1928."</ref> The [[Calhoun Street Bridge]], dating back to 1884, is {{convert|1274|ft}} long.<ref>[https://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/calhoun-street/ Calhoun Street Toll-Supported Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219072659/http://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/calhoun-street/|date=December 19, 2019}}, [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]]. Accessed December 1, 2019. "The Calhoun Street Toll-Supported Bridge is the oldest bridge structure owned and operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. It turned 125 years old on October 20, 2009.... Of the 20 bridges in the DRJTBC system, the Calhoun Street Toll-Supported Bridge is the only one made of wrought iron. A Phoenix Pratt truss with a total length of 1,274 feet, it also holds the distinction as the Commission’s longest through-truss bridge and the Commission’s only seven-span truss bridge."</ref>

===Neighborhoods===
[[File:2014-05-15 15 18 32 View down the Delaware and Raritan Canal from where it emerges from beneath the Trenton Freeway (U.S. Route 1) at Mulberry Street in Trenton, New Jersey.JPG|thumb|[[Delaware and Raritan Canal]] flowing under Mulberry St.]]
Trenton is home to numerous neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods. The main neighborhoods are taken from the four [[cardinal direction]]s. Trenton was once home to large Italian, Hungarian, and Jewish communities, but, since the 1950s, demographic shifts have changed the city into a relatively segregated urban enclave of middle and lower income African Americans and newer immigrants, many of whom arrive from Latin America. Italians are scattered throughout the city, but a distinct Italian community is centered in the [[Chambersburg, New Jersey|Chambersburg]] neighborhood, in South Trenton.<ref>Di Ionno, Mark. [http://blog.nj.com/njv_mark_diionno/2007/07/in_trenton_time_marches_on_and.html "Chambersburg"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724071617/http://blog.nj.com/njv_mark_diionno/2007/07/in_trenton_time_marches_on_and.html |date=July 24, 2013 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', July 17, 2007. Accessed March 16, 2012. "The difference between Chambersburg, the traditional Italian section of Trenton, and other city neighborhoods that have undergone 'natural progression' is that Chambersburg hung on so long."</ref> This community has been in decline since the 1970s, largely due to economic and social shifts to the suburbs surrounding the city. Today Chambersburg has a large Latino community. Many of the Latino immigrants are from Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua. There is also a significant and growing Asian community in the Chambersburg neighborhood primarily made up of Burmese and Bhutanese/Nepali refugees.

The [[North Trenton|North Ward]], once a mecca for the city's middle class, is now one of the most economically distressed, torn apart by race riots following the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]] in 1968. Nonetheless, the area still retains many important architectural and historic sites. North Trenton still has a large [[Polish-American]] neighborhood that borders Lawrence Township, many of whom attend [[St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic Church]] on Brunswick Avenue. St. Hedwig's church was built in 1904 by Polish immigrants, many of whose families still attend the church. North Trenton is also home to the historic Shiloh Baptist Church—one of the largest houses of worship in Trenton and the oldest African American church in the city, founded in 1888.<ref>Richard Grubb & Associates. [http://www.trentonhistory.org/THS--Trenton_AA_report-2.pdf ''Three Centuries of African-American History in Trenton: A Preliminary Inventory of Historic Sites''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221075642/http://www.trentonhistory.org/THS--Trenton_AA_report-2.pdf |date=December 21, 2018 }}, Trenton Historic Society, September 2011. Accessed December 1, 2019. "Shiloh Baptist Church is the city’s oldest African-American Baptist congregation. The first groups of Black Baptists were formed in the city around 1880, with Shiloh formally organized in 1896."</ref> The church is currently pastored by Rev. Darrell L. Armstrong, who carried the Olympic torch in 2002 for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Also located just at the southern tip of North Trenton is the city's Battle Monument, also known as "Five Points". It is a {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}} structure that marks the spot where [[George Washington]]'s [[Continental Army]] launched the [[Battle of Trenton]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. It faces downtown Trenton and is a symbol of the city's historic past.<ref name=BattleMonument/>

[[South Trenton|South Ward]] is a diverse neighborhood, home to many Latin American, Italian-American, and African American residents.<ref>[http://www.trentonian.com/article/20091018/NEWS/310189979 "In their own words, South Ward candidates explain why they should win City Council seat"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210638/http://www.trentonian.com/article/20091018/NEWS/310189979 |date=June 12, 2018 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]'', October 18, 2009. Accessed June 12, 2018.</ref>  The Chambersburg neighborhood was once noted in the region as a destination for its many [[Italian cuisine|Italian]] restaurants and pizzerias. With changing demographics, many of these businesses have either closed or relocated to suburban locations.

[[East Trenton|East Ward]] is the smallest neighborhood in Trenton and is home to the [[Trenton Transit Center]] and [[Trenton Central High School]].

West Ward is the home of Trenton's more suburban neighborhoods.

[[File:Trenton neighborhoods.png|thumb|600px|center|Map of neighborhoods in Trenton]]
Neighborhoods in the city include:<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=July 9, 2016 }}, State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>
{{Div col}}
*[[Downtown Trenton, New Jersey|Downtown Trenton]]
**[[Hanover/Academy, Trenton, New Jersey|Hanover/Academy]]
**[[Mill Hill, Trenton, New Jersey|Mill Hill]]
*[[East Trenton, New Jersey|East Trenton]]
**[[Coalport/North Clinton, Trenton, New Jersey|Coalport/North Clinton]]
**[[Ewing/Carroll, Trenton, New Jersey|Ewing/Carroll]]
**[[Greenwood/Hamilton, Trenton, New Jersey|Greenwood/Hamilton]]
**Villa Park
**[[Wilbur, Trenton, New Jersey|Wilbur]]
*Western Trenton (not the same as [[West Trenton, New Jersey|West Trenton]], which is outside the city limits in [[Ewing Township, New Jersey|Ewing]])
**[[Berkeley Square, Trenton, New Jersey|Berkeley Square]]
**[[Cadwalader Heights, Trenton, New Jersey|Cadwalader Heights]]
**Central West
**[[Fisher/Richey/Perdicaris, Trenton, New Jersey|Fisher/Richey/Perdicaris]]
**Glen Afton
**[[Hillcrest, Trenton, New Jersey|Hillcrest]]
**[[Hiltonia, Trenton, New Jersey|Hiltonia]]
**Parkside
**Pennington/Prospect
**Stuyvesant/Prospect
**[[The Island, Trenton, New Jersey|The Island]]
**West End
*[[South Trenton, New Jersey|South Trenton]]
**[[Chambersburg, Trenton, New Jersey|Chambersburg]]
**Chestnut Park
**[[Duck Island, New Jersey|Duck Island]]
**Franklin Park
**[[Lamberton, New Jersey|Lamberton/Waterfront]]
*[[North Trenton, New Jersey|North Trenton]]
**[[Battle Monument, Trenton, New Jersey|Battle Monument (Five Points)]]
**North 25
**[[Top Road, Trenton, New Jersey|Top Road]]
{{Div col end}}

==Climate==
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Trenton lies in the northern range of the [[humid subtropical]] (''Cfa'') zone, and  [[precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] fairly evenly distributed through the year. The ''Cfa'' climate is the result of [[Adiabatic process|adiabatic]] warming of the [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachians]], low altitude and proximity to the coast without being on the immediate edge for moderate temperatures.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.plantmaps.com/koppen-climate-classification-map-united-states.php |title=Interactive United States Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification Map |website=plantmaps.com |access-date=12 October 2018 |archive-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011214712/https://www.plantmaps.com/koppen-climate-classification-map-united-states.php |url-status=live}}</ref>

Summers are hot and humid, with a July daily average of {{convert|76.3|F|1}}; temperatures reaching or exceeding {{convert|90|F|0}} occur on 21.8 days.<ref name=NCEI/> Episodes of extreme heat and humidity can occur with [[heat index]] values reaching {{convert|100|F}}. Extremes in air temperature have ranged from {{convert|−14|F|0}} on February 9, 1934, up to {{convert|106|F|0}} as recently as July 22, 2011.<ref>Staff. [http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20110722/NEWS/307229969 "Heat sets new record high in Trenton at 106 degrees"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223012030/http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20110722/NEWS/307229969 |date=February 23, 2014 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]'', July 22, 2011. Accessed February 12, 2014. "The thermometer reached a record-setting 106 degrees here in the City of Trenton, easily smashing July 22nd's previous high mark from 1926, when the temp reached 101 degrees."</ref> However, air temperatures reaching {{convert|0|F|0}} or {{convert|100|F|0}} are uncommon.

Winters are cold and damp: the daily average temperature in January is {{convert|32.0|F|1}},<ref name= NCEI>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00014792&format=pdf |title=Station: Trenton Mercer CO AP, NJ |work=U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812133503/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00014792&format=pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> and temperatures at or below {{convert|10|F|0}} occur on 3.9 nights annually, while there are 17 days where the temperature fails to rise above freezing.<ref name=NOAA>{{cite web |url=https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=phi |title=NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-date=March 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305104542/https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=phi |url-status=live}}</ref> Episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur with [[wind chill]] values below {{convert|0|F}}, every few years. The [[plant hardiness zone]] at the Trenton Municipal Court is 7a with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of {{convert|1.2|F|1}}.<ref name="USDA">[https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/ USDA Interactive Plant Hardiness Map] , [[United States Department of Agriculture]]. Accessed November 26, 2019.</ref>

The average precipitation is {{convert|45.47|in|cm|sigfig=3}} per year, which is fairly evenly distributed through the year.<ref name=NCEI/><ref name=NOAA/> The driest month on average is February, with {{convert|2.63|in|0|abbr=on}} of precipitation on average, while the wettest month is July with {{convert|4.39|in|cm|0|abbr=on}} of rainfall on average which corresponds with the annual peak in [[thunderstorm]] activity.<ref name=NCEI/><ref name=NOAA/> The all-time single-day rainfall record is {{convert|7.25|in|cm|1|abbr=on}} on September 16, 1999, during the passage of [[Hurricane Floyd]].<ref name=NOAA/> The all-time monthly rainfall record is {{convert|14.55|in|cm|1|abbr=on}} in August 1955, due to the passage of [[Hurricane Connie]] and [[Hurricane Diane]]. The wettest year on record was 1996, when {{convert|67.90|in|cm|0|abbr=on}} of precipitation fell. On the flip side, the driest month on record was October 1963, when only {{convert|0.05|in|cm|1|abbr=on}} of rain was recorded. The {{convert|28.79|in|cm|0|abbr=on}} of precipitation recorded in 1957 were the lowest ever for the city.<ref>[http://www.trentonnj.org/documents/fire%20department/city%20of%20trenton%20hazard%20mitigation%20plan_062808_f!!.pdf "City of Trenton, New Jersey Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112185616/http://www.trentonnj.org/documents/fire%20department/city%20of%20trenton%20hazard%20mitigation%20plan_062808_f!!.pdf |date=January 12, 2016 }}, City of Trenton. Accessed February 12, 2014.</ref>

Snowfall can vary even more year to year. The average seasonal (November–April) snowfall total is {{convert|24|to|30|in|cm}}, but has ranged from as low as {{convert|2|in|cm|1|abbr=on}} in the winter of 1918–1919 to as high as {{convert|76.5|in|cm|1|abbr=on}} in 1995–1996, which included the greatest single-storm snowfall, the [[North American blizzard of 1996|Blizzard of January 7–8, 1996]], when {{convert|24.2|in|cm|1}} of snow fell.<ref>[http://www.trentonnj.org/documents/fire%20department/city%20of%20trenton%20hazard%20mitigation%20plan_062808_f!!.pdf ''City of Trenton, New Jersey Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112185616/http://www.trentonnj.org/documents/fire%20department/city%20of%20trenton%20hazard%20mitigation%20plan_062808_f!!.pdf |date=January 12, 2016 }}, City of Trenton, adopted June 19, 2008. Accessed June 12, 2018. "The average snowfall is 24.9 inches, but has ranged from as low as 2 inches (in the winter of 1918–1919) to as high as 76.5 inches (in 1995–1996). The heaviest snowstorm on record was the Blizzard of 1996 on January 7–8, 1996, when 24.2 inches buried the city."</ref> The average snowiest month is February which corresponds with the annual peak in [[nor'easter]] activity.

{{Trenton, New Jersey weatherbox}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790=   1946
|1810=   3000
|1820=   3942
|1830=   3925
|1840=   4035 | 1840n= *
|1850=   6461
|1860=  17228 | 1860n= *
|1870=  22874
|1880=  29910
|1890=  57458 | 1890n= *
|1900=  73307
|1910=  96815
|1920= 119289
|1930= 123356
|1940= 124697
|1950= 128009
|1960= 114167
|1970= 104638
|1980=  92124
|1990=  88675
|2000=  85403
|2010=  84913
|2020=  90871
| estimate=89620
| estyear=2023
| estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=ANNRNK/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/mcds/totals/SUB-MCD-EST2023-POP-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023], [[United States Census Bureau]], released May 2024. Accessed May 16, 2024.</ref>
|footnote=Population sources:<small> 1790–1920<ref>[https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full ''Compendium of censuses 1726–1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226125132/https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full |date=February 26, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]], 1906. Accessed July 15, 2013.</ref><br>1840<ref>[[Francis Bowen|Bowen, Francis]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DnUFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA231 ''American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1843''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715184554/https://books.google.com/books?id=DnUFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA231 |date=July 15, 2023 }}, p. 231, David H. Williams, 1842. Accessed July 15, 2013. Population of 4,021 is listed for 1840, 14 less than shown in table.</ref> 1850–1870<ref>Raum, John O. [https://archive.org/details/historyofnewjers02raum/page/n285 <!-- pg=276 --> ''The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1''], pp. 276–7. J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed July 15, 2013. "Trenton the capitol of the State, as well as the seat of justice of the county of Mercer, is beautifully located on the east bank of the Delaware, at the head of tide navigation. Here is located the State Capitol, built in 1793, enlarged in 1845 and 1865, and again in 1871. The State Prison, State Arsenal, State Normal and Model schools are also located here. The city has 7 wards. Its population in 1850, was 6,461; in 1860, 17,228; and in 1870, 22,874"</ref> 1850<ref>[[J. D. B. De Bow|Debow, James Dunwoody Brownson]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC&pg=PA139 ''The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930135935/https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC&pg=PA139#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=September 30, 2023 }}, p. 139. R. Armstrong, 1853. Accessed July 15, 2013.</ref><br>1870<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/acompendiumnint00offigoog/page/n273 <!-- pg=260 --> |title=A compendium of the ninth census, 1870 |page=260 |author=[[United States Census Bureau]] |date=1872}}</ref> 1880–1890<ref>Porter, Robert Percival. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA98 ''Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III – 51 to 75''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194344/https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA98#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 1, 2023 }}, p. 98. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1890. Accessed November 20, 2012.</ref> 1910–1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA712 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 – Population Volume I''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194344/https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA712#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 1, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 712. Accessed January 10, 2012.</ref><br>1940–2000<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 Table 6: New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1940 - 2000] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005222054/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 |date=October 5, 2022 }}, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, August 2001. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref> 2000<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603474000.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Trenton city] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131221100/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603474000.pdf |date=January 31, 2012 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 10, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/1600000US3474000 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Trenton city, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212092056/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/1600000US3474000 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 12, 2012.</ref><br>2010<ref name=Census2010>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3402174000 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Trenton city, Mercer County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212133736/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3402174000|date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 10, 2012.</ref><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_mer/trenton1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Trenton city] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506172914/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_mer/trenton1.pdf |date=May 6, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed January 10, 2012.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/trentoncitynewjersey/ QuickFacts Trenton city, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194920/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/trentoncitynewjersey/ |date=October 1, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed November 24, 2022.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084623/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref><br>* = Territory change in previous decade.<ref name=Story/></small>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Trenton, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Jersey: 1990 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-32-1.pdf |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Fort Wayne city, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US3474000&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Trenton city, New Jersey |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3474000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130142451/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3474000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |url-status=live}}</ref>
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Trenton city, New Jersey |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3474000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130142453/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3474000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |url-status=live}}</ref>
!% 1990
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|33,247
|21,022
|11,442
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,510
|37.49%
|24.62%
|13.47%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.36%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|42,089
|43,497
|42,286
|style='background: #ffffe6; |38,386
|47.46%
|50.93%
|49.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42.24%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|189
|164
|219
|style='background: #ffffe6; |144
|0.21%
|0.19%
|0.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|474
|684
|923
|style='background: #ffffe6; |592
|0.53%
|0.80%
|1.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.65%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|N/A
|65
|30
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24
|N/A
|0.08%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other Race]] alone (NH)
|146
|127
|106
|style='background: #ffffe6; |440
|0.16%
|0.15%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.48%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|N/A
|1,453
|1,286
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,870
|N/A
|1.70%
|1.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.06%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|12,530
|18,391
|28,621
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40,905
|14.13%
|21.53%
|33.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |45.01%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''88,675'''
|'''85,403'''
|'''84,913'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''90,871'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

==== Hispanic or Latino population ====
The [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] population in Trenton has grown significantly over the past few decades and now represents a substantial portion of the city's residents. According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]], 45.01% of Trenton's population identified as Hispanic or Latino, up from 33.71% in 2010, 21.53% in 2000, and 14.13% in 1990. This demographic shift reflects a broader trend of increasing diversity in the city. The largest Hispanic or Latino ancestry group in Trenton is Guatemalan, accounting for 14.66% of the total Trenton population, followed by Puerto Rican (10.09%), Dominican (4.80%), and other Hispanic groups including Mexican, Honduran, and Ecuadorian communities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDDHCA2020.T01001?t=-09&g=160XX00US3474000&d=DEC+Detailed+Demographic+and+Housing+Characteristics+File+A&tp=true |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=data.census.gov |publisher=U.S. 2020 Census}}</ref> This growing population has had a notable cultural, social, and economic impact on the city, contributing to its identity. In recent years, for example, the annual festival celebrating [[Act of Independence of Central America|Guatemala's independence]] on September 15 has attracted crowds in the thousands.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-14 |title=Unity Park in Trenton hosts thousands for Guatemalan Independence Day |url=https://www.trentonian.com/2024/09/14/unity-park-in-trenton-hosts-thousands-for-guatemalan-independence-day/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Trentonian |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-15 |title=Crowds overwhelm Trenton Guatemalan Parade Route but diverting helped ease the problems |url=https://www.trentonian.com/2024/09/15/crowds-overwhelm-trenton-guatemalan-parade-route-but-diverting-helped-ease-the-problems/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Trentonian |language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Hispanic or Latino Ancestry
!Pop 2020<ref name=":1" />
!% 2020
|-
|[[Guatemalans|Guatemalan]]
|13,323
|14.66%
|-
|[[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]]
|9,167
|10.09%
|-
|Other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish
|5,456
|6.00%
|-
|[[Dominicans|Dominican]]
|4,364
|4.80%
|-
|[[Mexicans|Mexican]]
|2,455
|2.70%
|-
|[[Hondurans|Honduran]]
|2,429
|2.67%
|-
|[[Costa Ricans|Costa Rican]]
|968
|1.06%
|-
|[[Ecuadorians|Ecuadorian]]
|948
|1.04%
|-
|Other (less than 1%)
|2,019
|2.22%
|-
|'''Total Hispanic or Latino population'''
|'''40,905'''
|'''45.01%'''
|}

===2010 census===

The [[2010 United States census]] counted 84,913 people, 28,578 households, and 17,747 families in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|11101.9|/sqmi}}. There were 33,035 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4319.2|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup was 26.56% (22,549) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 52.01% (44,160) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.70% (598) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 1.19% (1,013) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.13% (110) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 15.31% (13,003) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 4.10% (3,480) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 33.71% (28,621) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 28,578 households, 32.0% had children under the age of 18; 25.1% were married couples living together; 28.1% had a female householder with no husband present and 37.9% were non-families. Of all households, 30.8% were made up of individuals and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.40.<ref name=Census2010/>

25.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.6 years. For every 100 females, the population had 106.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 107.2 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 [[American Community Survey]] showed that (in 2010 [[inflation adjustment|inflation-adjusted]] dollars) [[median household income]] was $36,601 (with a margin of error of +/− $1,485) and the median family income was $41,491 (+/− $2,778). Males had a median income of $29,884 (+/− $1,715) versus $31,319 (+/− $2,398) for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,400 (+/− $571). About 22.4% of families and 24.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.3% of those under age 18 and 17.5% of those age 65 or over.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3402174000 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Trenton city, Mercer County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212085327/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3402174000 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 10, 2012.</ref>

==Economy==
[[File:2023-09-19 22 25 43 Night view west towards the Trenton Makes Bridge from the east bank of the Delaware River in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|The [[Lower Trenton Bridge]], often referred to as the "Trenton Makes Bridge" by locals]]
Trenton was a major manufacturing center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One relic of that era is the slogan "Trenton Makes, The World Takes", which is displayed on the [[Lower Free Bridge (Trenton)|Lower Free Bridge]] (just north of the [[Trenton–Morrisville Toll Bridge]]).<ref>Bruder, Jessica. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/nyregion/jerseyana-trenton-s-fighting-words.html "Jerseyana; Trenton's Fighting Words"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310171651/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/nyregion/jerseyana-trenton-s-fighting-words.html? |date=March 10, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 2, 2004. Accessed March 16, 2012. "''Trenton Makes, the World Takes'', reads the famous red neon sign that spans a bridge between the state Capitol and Morrisville, Pa., affectionately known by locals as the ''Trenton Makes'' bridge.... In its heyday, Trenton was a world-class producer of rubber, steel, wire rope, and pottery. The cables for three famous suspension bridges – the Brooklyn, George Washington and Golden Gate – were produced here at John A. Roebling's factory."</ref> The city adopted the slogan in 1917 to represent Trenton's then-leading role as a major manufacturing center for rubber, wire rope, ceramics and cigars. It was home to [[American Standard Brands|American Standard]]'s largest plumbing fixture manufacturing facility.<ref>Blackwell, Jon. [http://www.capitalcentury.com/1911.html "1911: 'Trenton Makes' history"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913061314/http://capitalcentury.com/1911.html |date=September 13, 2008 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]''. Accessed October 28, 2014.</ref>

Along with many other United States cities in the 1970s, Trenton fell on hard times when manufacturing and industrial jobs declined. Concurrently, state government agencies began leasing office space in the surrounding suburbs. State government leaders (particularly governors [[William T. Cahill|William Cahill]] and [[Brendan Byrne]]) attempted to revitalize the downtown area by making it the center of state government. Between 1982 and 1992, more than a dozen office buildings were constructed primarily by the state to house state offices.<ref>Mickle, Paul. [http://www.capitalcentury.com/1984.html "1984: A whole new skyline"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723150350/http://capitalcentury.com/1984.html |date=July 23, 2008 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]''. Accessed October 28, 2014.</ref> Today, Trenton's biggest employer is still the state of New Jersey. Each weekday, 20,000 state workers commute into the city from the surrounding suburbs.<ref>Raboteau, Albert. [http://www.nj.com/news/stories/tt130diverse.html "Diversifying city's economy a major goal for Trenton"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109074800/http://www.nj.com/news/stories/tt130diverse.html |date=November 9, 2014 }}, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'', January 30, 2003. Accessed October 28, 2014. "Another large goal is to lure private companies whose employees, officials say, are likely to work later in the evening and have more money to spend than the 20,000 or so state workers who swell downtown during business hours, then commute home to other municipalities."</ref>

Notable businesses of the thousands based in Trenton include [[Italian Peoples Bakery]], a wholesale and retail bakery established in 1936.<ref>[http://www.italianpeoplesbakery.com/bio.html History] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101084901/http://italianpeoplesbakery.com/bio.html |date=November 1, 2014 }}, [[Italian Peoples Bakery]]. Accessed May 13, 2016. "The origin of Italian Peoples Bakery goes back to 1936 when Pasquale Gervasio, the patriarch of the family, opened a bakery on Hamilton Avenue in Trenton, New Jersey."</ref> [[De Lorenzo's Tomato Pies]] and [[Papa's Tomato Pies]] were also fixtures of the city for many years, though both recently relocated to the suburbs.

===Urban Enterprise Zone===
Portions of Trenton are part of an [[Urban Enterprise Zone]]. The city was selected in 1983 as one of the initial group of 10 zones chosen to participate in the program.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/tax_q&a_052709.pdf ''Urban Enterprise Zone Tax Questions and Answers''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227141613/https://www.state.nj.us/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/tax_q%26a_052709.pdf |date=December 27, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], May 2009. Accessed October 28, 2019. "The Urban Enterprise Zone Program (UEZ) was enacted in 1983. It authorized the designation of ten zones by the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority: Camden, Newark, Bridgeton, Trenton, Plainfield, Elizabeth, Jersey City, Kearny, Orange and Millville/Vineland (joint zone)."</ref> In addition to other benefits to encourage employment within the Zone, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% [[sales tax]] rate (half of the {{frac|6|5|8}}% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/about/ Urban Enterprise Zone Program] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721130311/https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/about/ |date=July 21, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]]. Accessed October 27, 2019. "Businesses participating in the UEZ Program can charge half the standard sales tax rate on certain purchases, currently 3.3125% effective 1/1/2018"</ref> Established in January 1986, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in December 2023.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/ZONE%20EXPIRATION%20DATES%20-%202018.pdf Urban Enterprise Zone Effective and Expiration Dates] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923185010/https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/ZONE%20EXPIRATION%20DATES%20-%202018.pdf |date=September 23, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]]. Accessed January 8, 2018.</ref>

The UEZ program in Trenton and four other original UEZ cities had been allowed to lapse as of January 1, 2017, after Governor [[Chris Christie]], who called the program an "abject failure", vetoed a compromise bill that would have extended the status for two years.<ref>Racioppi, Dustin. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/02/10/christie-conditionally-vetos-uez-extension/97747842/ "Christie vetoes urban enterprise zone extension"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330031616/https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/02/10/christie-conditionally-vetos-uez-extension/97747842/ |date=March 30, 2019 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The record]]'', February 10, 2017. Accessed November 19, 2019. "Gov. Chris Christie on Friday conditionally vetoed the Legislature's attempt to extend the Urban Enterprise Zone status for its five charter communities, calling the economic revitalization program an 'abject failure' with a 'devastating impact' on state revenue.... The Legislature returned with what it called a compromise bill, A-4189, to extend the designation for two years instead of 10 for the first five UEZs -- Bridgeton, Camden, Newark, Plainfield and Trenton -- which expired on Jan. 1."</ref> In May 2018, Governor [[Phil Murphy]] signed a law that reinstated the program in these five cities and extended the expiration date in other zones.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/ueznotice.shtml "Notice: Law Reinstates Five Urban Enterprise Zones And Also Extends The Expiration Date Of 12 Other UEZs"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923185002/https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/ueznotice.shtml |date=September 23, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of the Treasury]] Division of Taxation, May 30, 2018. Accessed November 19, 2019. "On May 30, 2018, Governor Murphy signed Senate Bill 846 (A3549). The law reinstated five expired Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZs). If your business is located in one of these zones, you may file an application to establish qualified business status. (Past certifications are no longer valid in these five zones). The five UEZs are in: *Bridgeton *Camden *Newark *Plainfield *Trenton. The UEZs in the five locations listed above expire on December 31, 2023."</ref>

In 2018, the city had an average property tax bill of $3,274, the lowest in the county, compared to an average bill of $8,292 in Mercer County and $8,767 statewide.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/dlgs/resources/property_docs/18_data/18taxes.xls 2018 Property Tax Information] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108153110/https://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/dlgs/resources/property_docs/18_data/18taxes.xls |date=November 8, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], updated January 16, 2019. Accessed November 7, 2019.</ref><ref>Marcus, Samantha. [https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/04/these-are-the-towns-with-the-lowest-property-taxes-in-each-of-njs-21-counties.html "These are the towns with the lowest property taxes in each of N.J.’s 21 counties"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107172250/https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/04/these-are-the-towns-with-the-lowest-property-taxes-in-each-of-njs-21-counties.html |date=November 7, 2019 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], April 30, 2019. Accessed November 7, 2019. "New Jersey’s average property tax bill may have hit $8,767 last year — a new record — but taxpayers in some parts of the state pay just a fraction of that.... The average property tax bill in Trenton was $3,274 in 2018, the lowest in Mercer County."</ref> The city had the sixth-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 5.264% in 2020, compared to 2.760% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.<ref>[https://www.nj.com/politics/2021/03/here-are-the-30-nj-towns-with-the-highest-property-tax-rates.html "Here are the 30 N.J. towns with the highest property tax rates"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119182949/https://www.nj.com/politics/2021/03/here-are-the-30-nj-towns-with-the-highest-property-tax-rates.html |date=January 19, 2022 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], March 15, 2021. Accessed January 19, 2022. "The average equalized tax rate in New Jersey was 2.279 in 2020, according to data from the Department of Community Affairs. Here is the list of 30 New Jersey towns with the highest property tax rates.... 6. Trenton Equalized tax rate in Trenton, Mercer County, was 5.264 in 2020 Average equalized tax rate in Mercer County: 2.760"</ref>

==Landmarks==
{{see also|National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey}}
* [[New Jersey State Museum]] – Combines a collection of archaeology and ethnography, fine art, cultural history and natural history.<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/state/museum/dos_museum_collection.html 4 Museums in One] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419165241/http://www.nj.gov/state/museum/dos_museum_collection.html |date=April 19, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey State Museum]]. Accessed January 5, 2015.</ref>
* [[New Jersey State House]] was originally constructed by Jonathan Doane in 1792, with major additions made in 1845, 1865 and 1871.<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/statehousehistory.asp State House History] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020917221232/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/statehousehistory.asp |date=September 17, 2002 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 5, 2015.</ref>
* [[New Jersey State Library]] serves as a central resource for libraries across the state as well as serving the state legislature and government.<ref>[http://www.njstatelib.org/about/ About the NJ State Library] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419165303/http://www.njstatelib.org/about/ |date=April 19, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey State Library]]. Accessed January 5, 2015.</ref>
* [[Trenton City Museum]] – Housed in the [[Italianate architecture|Italianate-style]] 1848 Ellarslie Mansion since 1978, the museum features artworks and other materials related to the city's history.<ref>[http://ellarslie.org/about/ Welcome to the Trenton City Museum] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203125120/http://ellarslie.org/about/ |date=December 3, 2019 }}, Trenton City Museum. Accessed December 1, 2019. "The museum is located in Ellarslie Mansion, an Italianate villa built in 1848. The mansion is the centerpiece of Cadwalader Park, which was designed by the famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, whose most famous work is New York City’s Central Park."</ref>
* [[Trenton War Memorial]] – Completed in 1932 as a memorial to the war dead from Mercer County during World War I and owned and operated by the State of New Jersey, the building is home to a theater with 1,800 seats that reopened in 1999 after an extensive, five-year-long renovation project.<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/state/memorial/dos_wm_faq.html Frequently Asked Questions about the War Memorial] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419165306/http://www.nj.gov/state/memorial/dos_wm_faq.html |date=April 19, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed September 7, 2013.</ref>
* [[Old Barracks]] – Dating back to 1758 and the [[French and Indian War]], the Barracks were constructed as a place to house British troops in lieu of housing the soldiers in the homes of area residents. The site was used by both the [[Continental Army]] and British forces during the Revolutionary War and stands as the last remaining colonial barracks in the state.<ref>[https://www.barracks.org/about-the-building.html About the Building] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027155417/https://www.barracks.org/about-the-building.html |date=October 27, 2019 }}, Old Barracks Museum. Accessed December 1, 2019. "In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the building now referred to as the Old Barracks was constructed by the colony of New Jersey in direct response to petitions from residents who were protesting compulsory quartering of soldiers in their own homes. It was one of five such buildings throughout New Jersey constructed for the purpose of housing British soldiers during the winter months of the war, and it is the only one still standing."</ref>
* [[Trenton Battle Monument]] – Located in the heart of the Five Points neighborhood, the monument was built to commemorate the [[Continental Army]]'s victory in the December 26, 1776, Battle of Trenton.<ref name=BattleMonument>[http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/historic/Trentonbattlemonument/ Trenton Battle Monument] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718064419/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/historic/Trentonbattlemonument/ |date=July 18, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] Division of Parks and Forestry. Accessed September 7, 2013.</ref> The monument was designed by [[John H. Duncan]] and features a statue of George Washington atop a pedestal that stands on a granite column {{convert|148|ft}} in height.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/historic/Trentonbattlemonument/designing.htm Designing the Monument] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901114804/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/historic/Trentonbattlemonument/designing.htm |date=September 1, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] Division of Parks and Forestry. Accessed September 7, 2013.</ref>
* [[Trenton City Hall]] – The building was constructed based on a 1907 design by architect Spencer Roberts and opened to the public in 1910. The council chambers stand two stories high and features a mural by [[Everett Shinn]] that highlights Trenton's industrial history.<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/nj/nj0900/nj0921/data/nj0921data.pdf Trenton City Hall] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701220846/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/nj/nj0900/nj0921/data/nj0921data.pdf |date=July 1, 2014 }}, [[Library of Congress]]. Accessed September 7, 2013.</ref>
* [[William Trent House]] – Constructed in 1719 by [[William Trent (Trenton)|William Trent]], who the following year laid out what would become the city of Trenton, the house was owned by Governor [[Lewis Morris (governor)|Lewis Morris]], who used the house as his official residence in the 1740s. Governor [[Philemon Dickerson]] used the home as his official residence in the 1830s, as did [[Rodman M. Price]] in the 1850s.<ref>[https://williamtrenthouse.org/about/ About the 1719 Trent House] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218170531/http://williamtrenthouse.org/about/ |date=December 18, 2017 }}, [[William Trent House]]. Accessed December 1, 2019. "William Trent built his country estate north of Philadelphia, in New Jersey, at the Falls of the Delaware River about 1719.... In 1720 Trent laid out a settlement, which he incorporated and named 'Trenton.'"</ref>
* [[Adams and Sickles Building]] (added January 31, 1980, as #80002498) is a focal point for West End neighborhood, and is remembered for its soda fountain and corner druggist.<ref>Lamar, Martha L.; Powell, L. Matthew; Davies, David S. [https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/80002498.pdf "Adams and Sickles Building" (PDF)] , [[National Register of Historic Places]] [[National Park Service]], June 5, 1979. Accessed May 13, 2016.</ref>
* [[Friends Burying Ground, Trenton|Friends Burying Ground]], adjacent to the Trenton Friends Meeting House, is the burial site of several national and state political figures prominent in the city's early history.<ref>[http://www.destinationtrenton.com/listings/TRENTON-SOCIETY-OF-FRIENDS-MEETING-HOUSE/119/ Trenton Society of Friends Meeting House] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604172231/http://www.destinationtrenton.com/listings/TRENTON-SOCIETY-OF-FRIENDS-MEETING-HOUSE/119/ |date=June 4, 2016 }}, Destination Trenton. Accessed May 13, 2016. "In the burying-ground adjoining the Meeting House are buried many citizens who played prominent parts in the early history of the city."</ref>
* [[Trenton Friends Meeting House]] (added April 30, 2008, as #08000362), dating back to 1739, it was occupied by the British Dragoons in 1776 and by the [[Continental Army]] later in the Revolutionary War.<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/08000362.pdf Trenton Friends Meeting House (PDF)] , [[National Register of Historic Places]] [[National Park Service]]. Accessed May 13, 2016.</ref>
* [[Carver Center (Trenton, New Jersey)|Carver Center]] – formerly the Sunlight Elks Lodge, it was named after [[George Washington Carver]], African-American [[agricultural scientist]] and inventor. The building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] for its significance in ethnic heritage - Black, from 1922 to 1975.<ref>{{cite report |type=none |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nr_nomntns_07_15_2021_srb/_Carver%20Ctr_Combined.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Carver Center (Draft) |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |first1=Jennifer B. |last1=Leynes |first2=Sally |last2=Lane |date=March 2021 |access-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807162444/https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nr_nomntns_07_15_2021_srb/_Carver%20Ctr_Combined.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Old Masonic Temple (Trenton, New Jersey)|Old Masonic Temple]] - 1793 historic building put on the National Register of Historic Places as a [[contributing property]] to the [[State House Historic District]].

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File:Trenton City Museum.JPG|The [[Trenton City Museum]], located at the Ellarslie Mansion in [[Cadwalader Park]]
File:William Trent House, Trenton, NJ.jpg|[[William Trent House]]
File:Carver Center, Trenton, NJ.jpg|[[Carver Center (Trenton, New Jersey)|Carver Center]]
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==Sports==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" | Club
! scope="col" | League
! scope="col" | Venue
! scope="col" | MLB affiliate
! scope="col" | Established
! scope="col" | Championships
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Trenton Thunder]]
| [[MLB Draft League]]
| [[Trenton Thunder Ballpark]]
| None
| 1994
| 5
|}

[[File:Mercer County Waterfront Park.jpg|thumb|[[Arm & Hammer Park]]]]
Because of Trenton's nearly equal distance between New York City and [[Philadelphia]], two of the nation's largest cities, and because most homes in Mercer County receive network broadcasts from both cities, locals are sharply divided in fan loyalty between both cities. It is common to find fans of the Philadelphia Phillies, Eagles, 76ers, Union, and/or Flyers cheering (and arguing) alongside fans of the New York Yankees, Mets, Nets, Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, Jets, Red Bulls, Giants, and/or the New Jersey Devils.<ref>Fitzpatrick, Frank. [http://articles.philly.com/2009-01-11/news/25278893_1_eagles-and-giants-north-and-south-jersey-nfc-east "Jersey's split sports personality Great Divide: Eagles and Giants fans"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412233558/http://articles.philly.com/2009-01-11/news/25278893_1_eagles-and-giants-north-and-south-jersey-nfc-east |date=April 12, 2016 }}, ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', January 11, 2009. Accessed October 12, 2015.</ref>

Between 1948 and 1979, [[Trenton Speedway]], located in adjacent Hamilton Township, hosted world class auto racing. Drivers such as [[Jim Clark]], [[A. J. Foyt]], [[Mario Andretti]], [[Al Unser]], [[Bobby Unser]], [[Richard Petty]] and [[Bobby Allison]] raced on the {{Convert|1|mi|adj=on}} asphalt oval and then reconfigured {{Convert|1+1/2|mi|adj=on}} race track.<ref>Huneke, Bill. [http://www.nj.com/times-sports/index.ssf/2013/07/trenton_speedway_lives_on_at_p.html "Trenton Speedway lives on at Pocono"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113114308/http://www.nj.com/times-sports/index.ssf/2013/07/trenton_speedway_lives_on_at_p.html |date=January 13, 2016 }}, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'', July 6, 2013. Accessed October 12, 2015. "As Indy Car racing returns to Pocono this weekend after a 24-year absence, only a few of the drivers competing were even alive when Trenton's last event was run in 1979."</ref> The speedway, which closed in 1980, was part of the larger New Jersey State Fairgrounds complex, which also closed in 1983. The former site of the speedway and fairgrounds is now the [[Grounds for Sculpture]].<ref>[http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/fairhist.htm History of State Fairgrounds] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210194142/http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/fairhist.htm |date=February 10, 2012 }}, [[Grounds for Sculpture]]. Accessed March 16, 2012. As horses were replaced by automobiles for transportation, cars became the main attraction on the fairground's racetrack. 'Lucky' Teter and his Hell Drivers made the headlines in the 1930s; in the sixties it was midget car races and a 200-mile race for Indianapolis cars and drivers."</ref>

The [[Trenton Thunder]], a minor league team owned by [[Joe Plumeri]], plays at 6,341-seat [[Arm & Hammer Park]], the stadium which Plumeri had previously named after his father in 1999.<ref>McGeehan, Patrick. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/17/business/private-sector-a-wall-st-son-at-nasdaq-s-table.html "Private Sector; A Wall St. Son at Nasdaq's Table "] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811184135/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/17/business/private-sector-a-wall-st-son-at-nasdaq-s-table.html |date=August 11, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 17, 2000. Accessed January 5, 2015. "Mr. Plumeri, who owns a minor league team affiliated with the Red Sox, the Trenton Thunder, has even drawn Mr. Simmons to the team's stadium, Samuel J. Plumeri Field, to watch his beloved team play exhibition games."</ref><ref>[http://www.littleballparks.com/Stadium/2002/Trenton/Trenton.htm Arm & Hammer Park Trenton, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409012757/http://www.littleballparks.com/Stadium/2002/Trenton/Trenton.htm |date=April 9, 2015 }}, Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues. Accessed January 5, 2015. "The playing field was named in 1999 in honor of Samuel Plumeri Sr., one of the driving forces in bring baseball back to New Jersey's state capital."</ref><ref>Pahigian, Josh. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1DaQ8oNXuE0C&pg=PA45 ''The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip: A Fan's Guide to AAA, AA, A, and Independent League Stadiums''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194846/https://books.google.com/books?id=1DaQ8oNXuE0C&pg=PA45#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 1, 2023 }}, p. 45. [[Rowman & Littlefield]]. {{ISBN|9781599216270}}. Accessed January 5, 2015.</ref> The team was previously affiliated with the [[New York Yankees]], [[Boston Red Sox]], [[Detroit Tigers]], and, before moving to Trenton, the [[Chicago White Sox]], but became an unaffiliated [[collegiate summer baseball]] team of the [[MLB Draft League]] beginning in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/trenton/news/trenton-thunder-continue-affiliation-withmajor-league-baseball-in-new-mlb-draft- |title=Trenton Thunder Continue Affiliation with Major League Baseball in New MLB Draft League |website=Trenton Thunder |publisher=Minor League Baseball |date=November 30, 2020 |access-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130150548/https://www.milb.com/trenton/news/trenton-thunder-continue-affiliation-withmajor-league-baseball-in-new-mlb-draft- |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Trenton Freedom]] of the [[Professional Indoor Football League (2012)|Professional Indoor Football League]] were founded in 2013 and played their games at the [[Sun National Bank Center]]. The Freedom ended operations in 2015, joining the short-lived [[Trenton Steel]] (in 2011) and [[Trenton Lightning]] (in 2001) as [[indoor American football|indoor football]] teams that had brief operating lives at the arena.<ref>Foster, David. [http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20150826/sacked-trenton-freedom-indoor-football-team-folds "Sacked: Trenton Freedom indoor football team folds"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008065213/http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20150826/sacked-trenton-freedom-indoor-football-team-folds |date=October 8, 2015 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]'', August 26, 2015. Accessed October 12, 2015. "The Trenton Freedom is the latest professional sports team to shutter operations in the capital city, following the same doomed path of several other organizations at the Sun National Bank Center.... The Trenton Freedom, a member of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), became the third indoor football team to fail at the Sun National Bank Center, lasting one year longer than the previous two. The Trenton Steel called the 8,000-seat arena home for six games in 2011. A decade earlier, the Trenton Lightning lasted just one season."</ref>

==Parks and recreation==
* [[Cadwalader Park]] – Trenton's largest city park, covering {{convert|109.5|acres}}, was designed by [[landscape architect]] [[Frederick Law Olmsted]], who is most famous for designing New York City's [[Central Park]].<ref>[https://ellarslie.org/about/mansion-park/ Cadwalader Park] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020194100/http://ellarslie.org/about/mansion-park/ |date=October 20, 2019 }}, Trenton City Museum. Accessed December 1, 2019. "Cadwalader Park is the largest urban park in the City of Trenton (109.5 acres). It is crossed by the Delaware & Raritan (D&R) Canal State Park.... Discussions among Hill and other Trenton civic leaders led to the engagement of Frederick Law Olmsted’s firm to design a park in 1890."</ref>

==Government==
[[File:2014-08-30 10 53 29 View of Trenton City Hall in Trenton, New Jersey from the northwest.JPG|thumb|Trenton City Hall, the seat of local government]]

===Local government===
{{see also|Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey}}
Trenton is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] system of municipal government, one of 79 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601184216/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of a mayor and a seven-member city council. Three city council members are elected [[at-large]], and four come from each of four [[Ward (United States)|wards]]. The mayor and council members are elected concurrently on a [[non-partisan]] basis to four-year terms of office as part of the November general election.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 73.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040836/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 |date=June 4, 2023 }}, p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.trentonnj.org/477/Overview City Council Overview] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809141905/https://www.trentonnj.org/477/Overview |date=August 9, 2020 }}, Trenton, New Jersey. Accessed December 1, 2019. "The City of Trenton is governed within the Faulkner Act, formerly known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law. Under this act, the Mayor-Council system was developed in 1792."</ref>

In April 1887, ''[[The New York Times]]'' identified alderman-elect Alexander Weber as the first [[person of color]] to hold public office in the city of Trenton.<ref>{{Cite news |title=TRENTON'S NEW REGIME. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/04/18/100907524.html |access-date=2025-07-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In October 2020, the city council overrode a mayoral veto and shifted municipal elections from May to November, with proponents citing the increased turnout and savings to the city of $180,000 in each election cycle. The mayor and members of council all had their term-end dates extended by six months and moved to December 31 from June 30, 2022.<ref>Avilucea, Issac. [https://www.trentonian.com/2020/10/01/trenton-council-overrides-mayors-election-day-veto/ "Trenton council overrides mayor’s Election Day veto"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503203855/https://www.trentonian.com/2020/10/01/trenton-council-overrides-mayors-election-day-veto/ |date=May 3, 2022 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]'', October 1, 2020. Accessed May 3, 2022. "Council had the last say in this one. The governing body overrode Mayor Reed Gusciora’s veto of an ordinance that moves the municipal election from May to November. The change also moves runoffs to December rather than June and gives the mayor and council members another six months in office.... Vaughn suggested the city would see increased voter turnout and savings as much as $181,000 by aligning Trenton with other municipalities in Mercer County that conduct elections with the general election."</ref> The city retained a provision that would have a December runoff in the event that the candidate with the most votes does not obtain a majority.<ref>Biryukov, Nikita. [https://newjerseymonitor.com/2021/08/11/another-town-poised-to-join-others-moving-local-elections-to-november/ "Another town poised to join others moving local elections to November Nonpartisan spring races dwindle as towns seek to boost turnout, cut election costs"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130175110/https://newjerseymonitor.com/2021/08/11/another-town-poised-to-join-others-moving-local-elections-to-november/ |date=November 30, 2021 }}, New Jersey Monitor, August 11, 2021. Accessed May 3, 2022. "He added the city would likely have to foot the bill for a December runoff election in case no candidate won a majority during the nonpartisan November vote, though that’s nothing new. Trenton already paid for runoff elections held in June before."</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, the mayor of Trenton is [[Reed Gusciora]], whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.<ref>[https://www.trentonnj.org/478/Office-of-the-Mayor Office of the Mayor] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809214822/https://www.trentonnj.org/478/Office-of-the-Mayor |date=August 9, 2020 }}, Trenton, New Jersey. Accessed May 3, 2022. "Reed Gusciora (born March 27, 1960) was sworn in as the 48th mayor of the City of Trenton on July 1st, 2018. Prior to becoming Mayor, he served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1996, representing the 15th Legislative District, which includes portions of Mercer and Hunterdon Counties."</ref> Members of the city council are Jasi Edwards (at-large), Crystal Feliciano (at-large), Teska Frisby (West Ward), Yazminelly Gonzalez (at-large), Joseph A. Harrison (East Ward), Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg (South Ward) and Jennifer Williams (North Ward).<ref name=Council>[https://www.trentonnj.org/276/Council-Members Trenton City Council Chambers] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809162128/https://www.trentonnj.org/276/Council-Members |date=August 9, 2020 }}, Trenton, New Jersey. Accessed February 2, 2023. No members are listed as of date accessed</ref><ref>[https://www.trentonnj.org/DocumentCenter/View/6941/CY-2022-Introduced-Budget#page=10 2022 Municipal Data Sheet] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124183313/https://www.trentonnj.org/DocumentCenter/View/6941/CY-2022-Introduced-Budget#page=10 |date=November 24, 2022 }}, Trenton, New Jersey. Accessed February 2, 2023.</ref><ref name=MercerOfficials>[http://www.mercercounty.org/home/showdocument?id=9138 Mercer County Elected Officials] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116003440/http://www.mercercounty.org/home/showdocument?id=9138 |date=November 16, 2019 }}, [[Mercer County, New Jersey]], as of November 12, 2019. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref><ref name=Mercer2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Mercer/116247/web.303253/#/summary General Election November 8, 2022 Results] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718063048/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Mercer/116247/web.303253/#/summary |date=July 18, 2023 }}, [[Mercer County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 8, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Mercer2022RunoffWards>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Mercer/116899/web.307039/#/summary Trenton North and South Ward Council Run-Off Election December 13, 2022 Official Results] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105165935/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Mercer/116899/web.307039/#/summary |date=January 5, 2023 }}, [[Mercer County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated January 17, 2023. Accessed February 2, 2023.</ref><ref name=Mercer2022RunoffAtLarge>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Mercer/117231/web.307039/#/summary Trenton Council At-Large Run-Off Election January 24, 2023 Official Results] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194910/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Mercer/117231/web.307039/#/summary |date=October 1, 2023 }}, [[Mercer County, New Jersey]], Clerk, updated February 1, 2023. Accessed February 2, 2023.</ref>

As they had not exceeded the minimum of 50 percent in the November 2022 general election, a runoff was held in December for the seats in the North and South Wards. Jennifer Williams won the North seat by a single vote against Algernon Ward,<ref>[[David Wildstein|Wildstein, David]]. [https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/williams-still-wins-by-one-vote-after-recount/ "Williams still wins by one vote after Trenton recount Two additional ballots added to count after hand tally, but results remained the same"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213163318/https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/williams-still-wins-by-one-vote-after-recount/ |date=February 13, 2023 }}, ''[[New Jersey Globe]]'', January 14, 2023. Accessed February 13, 2023. "Jennifer Williams gets to hold on to her North Ward seat on the Trenton City Council after prevailing in a recount of ballots cast in the December 13 runoff election by one vote. Williams defeated Algernon Ward, Jr, 428 to 427, after a hand recount found two votes that had previously been uncounted."</ref> which made Williams the first transgender individual to be elected to a city council position in New Jersey history as well as being the first LGBTQ+ city council member in Trenton history.<ref>Difilippo, Dana. [https://newjerseymonitor.com/2023/01/06/transgender-councilwoman-takes-office-in-trenton/ "Transgender councilwoman takes office in Trenton"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213164848/https://newjerseymonitor.com/2023/01/06/transgender-councilwoman-takes-office-in-trenton/ |date=February 13, 2023 }}, New Jersey Monitor, January 6, 2023. Accessed February 13, 2023. "From Florida’s notorious 'don’t say gay' law to bathroom bans to the controversy over new sex ed standards in New Jersey schools, Jennifer Williams has felt a mounting alarm at policies and proselytism that demonize the transgender community....  Sunday, Williams made history when she was sworn in as the Trenton City Council’s first LGBTQ member — and the first transgender person elected to any municipal council statewide."</ref> Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg won the South ward seat, defeating Damian G. Malave who had been ahead on Election Day but short of the cutoff, while a January 2023 runoff had Jasi Edwards, Crystal Feliciano and Yazminelly Gonzalez winning the three at-large seats.<ref name=Mercer2022/><ref name=Mercer2022RunoffWards/><ref name=Mercer2022RunoffAtLarge<ref>Fox, Joey. [https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/edwards-feliciano-gonzalez-overwhelmingly-win-trenton-at-large-council-runoff/ "Edwards, Feliciano, Gonzalez overwhelmingly win Trenton at-large council runoff"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202154408/https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/edwards-feliciano-gonzalez-overwhelmingly-win-trenton-at-large-council-runoff/ |date=February 2, 2023 }}, ''[[New Jersey Globe]]'', January 24, 2023. Accessed February 2, 2023. "Jasi Edwards, Crystal Feliciano, and Yazminelly Gonzalez have easily won three at-large seats on the Trenton City Council, defeating three other candidates in the runoff for an election that initially came before voters more than two months ago.... By the time a judge ordered a runoff to be held after all, it was too late to hold it alongside two ward-based runoffs, which were scheduled for December 13. Instead, the election was set for today – a full 77 days after voters first cast ballots in the at-large race. In the meantime, North and South Ward runoff voters narrowly elected Jennifer Williams and Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg, bringing the council to a bare four-member quorum before the reorganization of government on January 1."</ref>

In February 2023, Judge William Anklowitz of the New Jersey Superior Court heard a case for election challenges in the North Ward runoff election for both candidates Algernon Ward and Jennifer Williams. Three of the ballots Ward contested were all rejected because they were mail-in ballots that were returned without the required inner envelope. The other rejection Ward challenged was a case involving a cure letter that a voter sent to the wrong place, leading to it being not counted. Williams contested one ballot that was not counted due to it having both a vote for Ward and for Williams. Judge Anklowitz determined that the slash through Ward's vote signaled the voter's intention to vote for Williams and thus determined the vote should have been counted. These election challenges were heard following a recount that was held that did not change the outcome of the vote. Jennifer Williams thus remained to hold her seat on Trenton City Council for the North Ward seat.<ref>Fox, Joey. [https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/williams-will-remain-on-trenton-city-council-after-judge-rejects-election-challenge/ "Williams will remain on Trenton City Council after judge rejects election challenge"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216162425/https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/williams-will-remain-on-trenton-city-council-after-judge-rejects-election-challenge/ | date=February 16, 2023}}, ''New Jersey Globe'', February 15, 2023. Accessed November 19, 2023.</ref>

====Mayor's conviction and removal from office====
On February 7, 2014, [[Tony F. Mack]] and his brother, Raphiel, were convicted by a federal jury of bribery, fraud and extortion, based on the details of their participation in a scheme to take money in exchange for helping get approvals to develop a downtown parking garage as part of a sting operation by law enforcement.<ref>via [[Associated Press]].[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/nyregion/mayor-tony-mack-of-trenton-is-found-guilty-of-taking-bribes.html "Mayor Tony Mack of Trenton Is Found Guilty of Taking Bribes"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802153423/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/nyregion/mayor-tony-mack-of-trenton-is-found-guilty-of-taking-bribes.html |date=August 2, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 7, 2014. Accessed February 12, 2014.</ref> Days after the conviction, the office of the [[New Jersey Attorney General]] filed motions to have Mack removed from office, as state law requires the removal of elected officials after convictions for corruption.<ref>[https://6abc.com/archive/9425976/ "NJ calls for convicted Trenton mayor Tony Mack to be removed"], [[WPVI-TV]], February 10, 2014. Accessed February 12, 2014. "The state Attorney General's Office filed a request Monday with a state Superior Court judge, asking that Tony Mack be kicked out of office, stripped of his pension and be barred from holding elected office again.... Under state law, people convicted of corruption cannot continue to hold public office. But since Mack has not resigned, the state is asking a judge to enforce the law."</ref> Initially, Mack fought the removal of him from the office but on February 26, a superior court judge ordered his removal and any actions taken by Mack between February 7 and February 26 could have been reversed by Muschal.<ref name="MuschalJuly">Pizzi, Jenna. [http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/03/trenton_council_to_vote_to_install_george_muschal_as_interim_mayor.html "Trenton council to vote to install George Muschal as interim mayor"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312234119/http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/03/trenton_council_to_vote_to_install_george_muschal_as_interim_mayor.html |date=March 12, 2014 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 4, 2014. Accessed October 12, 2015. "Council members decided to amend the agenda for their regularly scheduled meeting to include the action of appointing Muschal to the interim post. He will serve until a new mayor – elected in May – takes over July 1."</ref> Previously, Mack's housing director quit after it was learned he had a theft conviction. His chief of staff was arrested trying to buy heroin. His half-brother, whose authority he elevated at the city water plant, was arrested on charges of stealing. His law director resigned after arguing with Mack over complying with open-records laws and potential violations of laws prohibiting city contracts to big campaign donors.<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/a_year_of_turmoil_stumbles_for.html "A year of turmoil, stumbles for Trenton's mayor"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721201500/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/a_year_of_turmoil_stumbles_for.html |date=July 21, 2012 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', July 9, 2011. Accessed January 10, 2012.</ref>

From February 7 to July 1, 2014, the acting mayor was George Muschal who retroactively assumed the office on that date due to Mack's felony conviction, who had taken office on July 1, 2010.<ref name=MuschalSwornIn>Zdan, Alex; and Pizzi, Jenna. [http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/02/acting_mayor_george_muschal_assumes_office_and_vows_to_put_trenton_on_the_right_track.html "Acting Mayor George Muschal assumes office and vows to put Trenton 'on the right track'"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302125629/http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/02/acting_mayor_george_muschal_assumes_office_and_vows_to_put_trenton_on_the_right_track.html |date=March 2, 2014 }}, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'', February 26, 2014. Accessed May 21, 2017.</ref> Muschal, who was council president, was selected by the city council to serve as the interim mayor to finish the term.<ref name="MuschalJuly"/>

===Federal, state, and county representation===
[[File:New Jersey State House.jpg|thumb|The [[New Jersey State House]] in Trenton]]
Trenton is located in the 12th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219202014/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf |date=February 19, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 15th state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120165412/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf |date=November 20, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>[https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf ''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105221009/https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf |date=November 5, 2019 }}, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#15 Districts by Number for 2011–2020] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714024328/https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#15 |date=July 14, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref><ref name=LWV2011>[http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=65 ''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604153059/http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=65 |date=June 4, 2013 }}, p. 65, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed May 22, 2015.</ref>

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{{NJ Mercer County Freeholders}}

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 37,407 registered voters in Trenton, of which 16,819 (45.0%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,328 (3.6%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 19,248 (51.5%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 12 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-mercer-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Mercer] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520233503/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-mercer-co-summary-report.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>

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|+ Presidential elections results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2024]]<ref name="2024Elections">{{cite web |url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-mercer.pdf |title=Presidential November 5, 2024 General Election Results Mercer County |access-date=January 7, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|16.7% ''3,117''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''82.2%''' ''15,372''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.1% ''215''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-mercer.pdf |title=Presidential November 3, 2020 General Election Results Mercer County |access-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307051429/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-mercer.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|11.2% ''2,443''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''88.2%''' ''19,304''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.6% ''146''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-mercer.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results – November 8, 2016 – Mercer County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 31, 2017 |archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902012936/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-mercer.pdf |url-status=live}}{</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|7.7% ''1,715''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''90.6%''' ''20,131''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.7% ''379''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref name="2012Elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-mercer.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results – November 6, 2012 – Mercer County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 23, 2014 |archive-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224050112/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-mercer.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|6.2% ''1,528''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''93.4%''' ''23,125''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.4% ''97''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]<ref name="state.nj.us">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-mercer.rev.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Mercer County] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520234801/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-mercer.rev.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|8.3% ''2,157''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''91.1%''' ''23,577''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.6% ''141''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004]]'''<ref name="Presidential Election 2004">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_mercer_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Mercer County] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204921/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_mercer_co_2004.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|16.9% ''3,791''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''82.5%''' ''18,539''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.6% ''146''
|}

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 93.4% of the vote (23,125 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 6.2% (1,528 votes), and other candidates with 0.4% (97 votes), among the 27,831 ballots cast by the city's 40,362 registered voters (3,081 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 69.0%.<ref name=2012Elections/><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-mercer.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 6, 2012 – General Election Results – Mercer County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 23, 2014 |archive-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224045621/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-mercer.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 89.9% of the vote here (23,577 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 8.2% (2,157 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (141 votes), among the 26,229 ballots cast by the city's 41,005 registered voters, for a turnout of 64.0%.<ref name="state.nj.us"/> The [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]], [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], and [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]] presidential elections were the only elections where the Republican nominee obtained over 10.0% of the vote since at least 2004. Since at least the same year, [[George W. Bush]] in 2004 presidential election and [[Donald Trump]] in 2024 presidential election were the only Republicans to receive over 15.0% of the vote in Trenton.

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|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021|2021]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2021/2021-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf 2021 General Election Results: Governor Mercer County] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135257/http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf |date=January 1, 2018 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]], updated December 14, 2021. Accessed March 10, 2023.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|10.7% ''987''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''88.6%''' ''8,120''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.7% ''59''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf |title=Governor – Mercer County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135257/http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf |archive-date=January 1, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|8.6% ''872''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''89.8%''' ''9,128''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.7% ''169''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]<ref name="2013Elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf |title=Governor – Mercer County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=January 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101063506/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|24.7% ''3,035''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''74.7%''' ''9,179''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.7% ''77''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]<ref name="2009 Governor: Mercer County">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120822213742/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-mercer.pdf 2009 Governor: Mercer County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|12.4% ''1,560''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''83.7%''' ''10,235''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.5% ''440''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2005governor's_results-mercer.pdf 2005 Governor: Mercer County] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707151030/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2005governor%27s_results-mercer.pdf |date=July 7, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections. Accessed December 31, 2017.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|15.3% ''1,982''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''81.0%''' ''10,484''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.6% ''471''
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 74.7% of the vote (9,179 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 24.7% (3,035 votes), and other candidates with 0.6% (77 votes), among the 11,884 ballots cast by the city's 38,452 registered voters (407 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 30.9%.<ref name=2013Elections/><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-mercer.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Mercer County |date=January 31, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 23, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133311/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-mercer.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 81.6% of the vote here (10,235 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 12.4% (1,560 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 2.4% (305 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (135 votes), among the 12,537 ballots cast by the city's 38,345 registered voters, yielding a 32.7% turnout.<ref name="2009 Governor: Mercer County"/>

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==Fire department==
The city of Trenton is protected on a full-time basis by the city of Trenton Fire and Emergency Services Department (TFD), which has been a paid department since 1892 after having been originally established in 1747 as a volunteer fire department.<ref>[https://www.trentonnj.org/171/Trenton-Fire-Department-History Fire Department] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809162010/https://www.trentonnj.org/171/Trenton-Fire-Department-History |date=August 9, 2020 }}, City of Trenton. Accessed March 15, 2020. "The Trenton Fire Department traces its roots back to a blacksmith shop at Broad and Front Streets where, on February 7, 1747, a group of volunteers formed the Union Fire Company. The volunteers served the city well for the next 145 years until, on April 4, 1892, the paid department was established."</ref> The TFD operates out of seven fire stations and operates a fire apparatus fleet of 7 engine companies, 3 ladder companies and one rescue company, along with one HAZMAT unit, an air cascade unit, a mobile command unit, a foam unit, one fireboat, and numerous special, support and reserve units, under the command of two battalion chiefs and a deputy chief/tour commander each shift.<ref>[https://www.trentonnj.org/Facilities?clear=False Fire Department Facilities] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809134326/https://www.trentonnj.org/Facilities?clear=False |date=August 9, 2020 }}, City of Trenton. Accessed March 15, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.trentonnj.org/gallery.aspx?AID=2 Fire & Emergency Services Apparatus] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809145053/https://www.trentonnj.org/gallery.aspx?AID=2 |date=August 9, 2020 }}, City of Trenton. Accessed March 15, 2020.</ref>

==Education==
===Colleges and universities===
Trenton is the home of two post-secondary institutions: [[Thomas Edison State University]], serving adult students around the nation and worldwide<ref>[http://www.tesc.edu/about/Fast-Facts.cfm Fast Facts] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816064555/http://www.tesc.edu/about/Fast-Facts.cfm |date=August 16, 2013 }}, [[Thomas Edison State College]]. Accessed August 11, 2013.</ref> and [[Mercer County Community College]]'s James Kerney Campus.<ref>[http://www.mccc.edu/welcome_kerney.shtml The James Kerney Campus] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615071428/http://www.mccc.edu/welcome_kerney.shtml |date=June 15, 2013 }}, [[Mercer County Community College]]. Accessed August 11, 2013.</ref>

[[The College of New Jersey]], formerly named Trenton State College, was founded in Trenton in 1855 and is now located in nearby [[Ewing Township, New Jersey|Ewing Township]]. [[Rider University]] was founded in Trenton in 1865 as The Trenton Business College. In 1959, Rider moved to its current location in nearby [[Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Lawrence Township]].<ref>[http://www.rider.edu/about-rider/historic-rider Historic Rider] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404030405/http://www.rider.edu/about-rider/historic-rider |date=April 4, 2014 }}, [[Rider University]]. Accessed February 12, 2014. "Gradually growing in size and scope through the first half of the 20th century, Rider began its move to a more spacious, suburban campus in 1959, when the first offices and classes moved to a 280-acre tract of land on Route 206 in Lawrence Township, N.J."</ref>

===Public schools===
The [[Trenton Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=d869aa2e299245a8b02ad50437478be8 Trenton Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523025526/https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=d869aa2e299245a8b02ad50437478be8 |date=May 23, 2023 }}, [[Trenton Public Schools]]. Accessed March 15, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Trenton School District. Composition: The Trenton School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the City of Trenton."</ref> The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325224335/https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History |date=March 25, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325224335/https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo |date=March 25, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325224328/https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf |date=March 25, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> The district's [[board of education]], comprised of seven members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its superintendent administration. As a Type I school district, the board's trustees are appointed by the mayor to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for re-appointment each year. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203160033/https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf |date=February 3, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]], updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://www.trentonk12.org/BoardofEducation.aspx Board of Education] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325185724/http://www.trentonk12.org/BoardofEducation.aspx |date=March 25, 2020 }}, [[Trenton Public Schools]]. Accessed March 15, 2020.</ref> The school district has undergone a 'construction' renaissance throughout the district.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
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As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of 25 schools, had an enrollment of 14,852 students and 966.4 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 15.4:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3416290&DistrictID=3416290 District information for Trenton Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> The district includes 13 elementary schools,<ref>[https://www.trentonk12.org/schools/grades_pre-_k-3 Grades PreK-3], Trenton Public Schools. Accessed May 4, 2024.</ref> six intermediate schools,<ref name="TrentonIntermediate2024">{{Cite web |url= https://www.trentonk12.org/schools/grades_4-6 |title= Grades 4-6 |publisher= Trenton Public School District |date= 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240422044202/https://www.trentonk12.org/schools/grades_4-6 |archive-date= April 22, 2024 }}</ref> three middle schools,<ref name="TrentonMiddle2024">{{Cite web |url= https://www.trentonk12.org/schools/grades_7-8 |title= Grades 7-8 |publisher= Trenton Public School District |date= 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240422044319/https://www.trentonk12.org/schools/grades_7-8 |archive-date= April 22, 2024 }}</ref> and three high schools.<ref name="TrentonHigh2024">{{Cite web |url= https://www.trentonk12.org/schools/grades_9-12 |title= Grades 9-12 |publisher= Trenton Public School District |date= 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240422044203/https://www.trentonk12.org/schools/grades_9-12 |archive-date= April 22, 2024 }}</ref> They are as follows:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Grade(s)
! Enrollment (2022–23)<ref name=NCES2>{{Cite web |url= https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3416290 |title= Search Results |publisher= [[National Center for Education Statistics]] |date= 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240422053857/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3416290 |archive-date= April 22, 2024 }}</ref>
|-
| Early Childhood Learning Center
| Pre-Kindergarten
| N/A
|-
| Benjamin C. Gregory Elementary School
| rowspan=13 |K–3rd
| 269
|-
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
| 349
|-
| Cadwalader Elementary School
| 163
|-
| Carroll Robbins Elementary School
| 413
|-
| Darlene C. McKnight Elementary School
| 361
|-
| Dr. Crosby Copeland Elementary School
| 296
|-
| George Washington Elementary School
| 289
|-
| Gershom Mott Elementary School
| 357
|-
| Joseph Stokes Elementary School
| 306
|-
| Luis Muñoz-Rivera Elementary School
| 366
|-
| Patton J. Hill Elementary School
| 502
|-
| Paul Robeson Elementary School
| 341
|-
| William Harrison Elementary School
| 239
|-
| Battle Monument Intermediate School
| rowspan=6 |4th–6th
| 460
|-
| Clara Parker Intermediate School
| 515
|-
| Hedgepeth-Williams Intermediate School
| 582
|-
| Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School
| 498
|-
| Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School
| 354
|-
| Ulysses S. Grant Intermediate School
| 542
|-
| Arthur J. Holland Middle School
| rowspan=3 |7th–8th
| 513
|-
| Dr. MLK Jr. Middle School
| 568
|-
| Grace A. Dunn Middle School
| 670
|-
| Daylight/Twilight High School
| 7th–12th
| 479
|-
| Trenton's Ninth Grade Academy
| 9th
| 796
|-
| Trenton Central High School
| 9th–12th
| 2,255
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Eighth-grade students from all of Mercer County are eligible to apply to attend the high school programs offered by the [[Mercer County Technical Schools]], a county-wide vocational school district that offers full-time career and technical education at its Health Sciences Academy, STEM Academy and Academy of Culinary Arts, with no tuition charged to students for attendance.<ref>Heyboer, Kelly. [https://www.nj.com/education/2017/05/how_to_get_your_kid_into_one_of_njs_elite_high_sch.html "How to get your kid a seat in one of N.J.'s hardest-to-get-into high schools"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518170614/https://www.nj.com/education/2017/05/how_to_get_your_kid_into_one_of_njs_elite_high_sch.html |date=May 18, 2022 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], May 2017. Accessed November 18, 2019. "Mercer County has a stand-alone specialized high school for top students: a Health Sciences Academy at the district's Assunpink Center campus. The district also offers a STEM Academy at Mercer County Community College. How to apply: Students can apply online in the fall of their 8th grade year."</ref><ref>[https://www.mcts.edu/high-school-programs/ High School Programs] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810212424/https://www.mcts.edu/high-school-programs/ |date=August 10, 2020 }}, [[Mercer County Technical Schools]]. Accessed November 18, 2019.</ref>

[[Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf]] (previously New Jersey School for the Deaf and New Jersey State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb), the statewide school for the deaf, opened in Trenton in 1883 and was there until 1923, when it moved to [[West Trenton, New Jersey|West Trenton]].<ref>Kull, Helen. [https://www.communitynews.org/news/commentary/ewing-then-and-now-the-first-school-for-the-deaf-in-n-j/article_96dcc915-5b86-5094-b39a-2fbcd7f471c8.html "Ewing Then and Now: The first school for the deaf in N.J."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202720/https://www.communitynews.org/news/commentary/ewing-then-and-now-the-first-school-for-the-deaf-in-n-j/article_96dcc915-5b86-5094-b39a-2fbcd7f471c8.html |date=June 24, 2021 }}, ''Community News'', February 27, 2017, updated January 11, 2022. Accessed January 19, 2022. "By 1882, an act of the legislature founded the ''N.J. State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.'' The school was housed in a two-story, brick building at Chestnut and Hamilton avenues in Trenton, which had formerly been the Soldiers’ Children’s Home of N.J., housing orphans of Civil War soldiers."</ref>

====Charter schools====
Trenton is home to several [[charter school]]s, including [[Capital Preparatory Charter High School]], Emily Fisher Charter School, [[Foundation Academy Charter School]], International Charter School, Paul Robeson Charter School and Village Charter School.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/charter/charter1.pl Approved Charter Schools] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028020542/http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/charter/charter1.pl |date=October 28, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 12, 2014.</ref>

The International Academy of Trenton, owned and monitored by the [[SABIS]] school network, became a charter school in 2014. On February 22, 2017, Trenton's mayor, Eric Jackson, visited the school when it opened its doors in the former ''[[The Times (Trenton)|Trenton Times]]'' building on 500 Perry Street, after completion of a $17&nbsp;million renovation project. After receiving notice from the [[New Jersey Department of Education]] that the school's charter would not be renewed due to issues with academic performance and school management, the school closed its doors on June 30, 2018.<ref>Foster, David. [http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20180601/trenton-charter-school-officially-announces-closure-as-9th-grade-academy-readies-move-in "Trenton charter school officially announces closure as 9th Grade Academy readies move-in"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712054121/http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20180601/trenton-charter-school-officially-announces-closure-as-9th-grade-academy-readies-move-in |date=July 12, 2018 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]'', June 1, 2018. Accessed July 11, 2018. "In a statement sent to The Trentonian on Friday, International Academy of Trenton (IAT) Charter School Board President Larry Chenault 'regretfully' accepted the doomed fate of the school, which spent $17&nbsp;million to renovate the former Times of Trenton building into a state-of-the-art learning center.... IAT was informed in January by the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) that the school, which educated 650 students, would be losing its charter at the end of this month for poor student performance and classroom mismanagement."</ref>

===Private schools===
[[Trenton Catholic Academy]] high school serves students in grades 9–12, while Trenton Catholic Academy grammar school serves students in Pre-K through 8th grade; both schools operate under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]].<ref>[http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/schoolfinder School Finder] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621185223/http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/schoolfinder |date=June 21, 2017 }}, [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]]. Accessed May 21, 2017.</ref>

Trenton is home to [[Al-Bayaan Academy]], which opened for preschool students in September 2001 and added grades in subsequent years.<ref>[http://www.islamicschooloftrenton.org/ About Us] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222140614/http://www.islamicschooloftrenton.org/ |date=February 22, 2014 }}, Islamic School of Trenton. Accessed February 12, 2014.</ref>

Trenton Community Music School is a not-for-profit community school of the arts. The school was founded by executive director Marcia Wood in 1997. The school operates at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and the Copeland Center for the Performing Arts.

==Crime==
The Trenton Police Department was founded in 1792, when the city was incorporated. It works in conjunction with the [[Mercer County Sheriff's Office]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jersey |first=Trenton Police Department, Trenton, New |title=Welcome to Trenton Police Department Trenton, New Jersey |url=https://trentonpolice.com/ |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=Trenton Police Department, Trenton, New Jersey |language=en-US |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511163042/https://trentonpolice.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, there were 31 homicides in Trenton, which at that time was the largest number in a single year in the city's history.<ref>[http://www.tcnjsignal.net/2006/01/25/trentonmurdershitalltimehigh/ "Trenton murders hit all-time high"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112192123/http://www.tcnjsignal.net/2006/01/25/trentonmurdershitalltimehigh/ |date=January 12, 2016 }}, ''The Signal'', January 25, 2006. Accessed June 7, 2015. "With 31 murders, 2005 was the deadliest year in Trenton's history, up from 18 in 2004."</ref> The city was named the 4th "Most Dangerous" in 2005 out of 129 cities with a population of 75,000 to 99,999 ranked nationwide in the 12th annual [[Morgan Quitno]] survey.<ref>[http://www.morganquitno.com/xcit06pop.htm 12th Annual Safest/Most Dangerous Cities Survey: Top and Bottom 25 Cities Overall] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919201014/http://www.morganquitno.com/xcit06pop.htm |date=September 19, 2011 }}. Accessed June 23, 2006.</ref> In the 2006 survey, Trenton was ranked as the 14th most dangerous city overall out of 371 cities included nationwide in the Morgan Quitno survey, and was again named as the fourth most dangerous municipality of 126 cities in the 75,000–99,999 population range.<ref>[http://www.morganquitno.com/cit07pop.htm 13th Annual Safest (and Most Dangerous) Cities: Top and Bottom 25 Cities Overall] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615000102/http://www.morganquitno.com/cit07pop.htm |date=June 15, 2011 }}, [[Morgan Quitno]]. Accessed October 30, 2006.</ref>

In September 2011, the city laid off 108 police officers due to budget cuts; this constituted almost one-third of the Trenton Police Department and required 30 senior officers to be sent out on patrols in lieu of supervisory duties.<ref>Zdan, Alex. [http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/09/trenton_police_layoff_plan_to.html "Trenton police layoff plan to go into effect today"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030082253/http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/09/trenton_police_layoff_plan_to.html |date=October 30, 2012 }}, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'', September 16, 2011. Accessed January 10, 2012. "The 108 police officers slated to be terminated represent one-third of the force. Demotions affecting nearly 30 members will send current lieutenants and sergeants back to the street, depleting supervisor levels and the detective bureaus in an effort to keep patrols close to their current strength."</ref>

In 2013, the city set a new record with 37 homicides.<ref>Queally, James. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/01/nj_homicides_soared_to_six-year_high_in_2013_after_surges_in_newark_trenton.html "N.J. homicides soared to seven-year high in 2013 after surges in Newark, Trenton"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104044522/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/01/nj_homicides_soared_to_six-year_high_in_2013_after_surges_in_newark_trenton.html |date=January 4, 2014 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 1, 2014. Accessed February 12, 2014. "In Trenton, the number of homicides soared to 37, the most in the state capital's recorded history."</ref> In 2014, there were 23 murders through the end of July and the city's homicide rate was on track to break the record set the previous year until an 81-day period when there were no murders in Trenton; the city ended the year with 34 murders.<ref>Brown, Keith. [http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/01/trenton_homicides_down_in_2014_but_not_by_much.html "Trenton homicides down, but not by much, in 2014"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617172944/http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/01/trenton_homicides_down_in_2014_but_not_by_much.html |date=June 17, 2016 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 1, 2015. Accessed May 16, 2016. "There were 34 homicides in Trenton in 2014 – a year following an inglorious record-setting 37 homicides in 2013."</ref><ref>McEvoy, James. [http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/10/authorities_id_trenton_homicide_victim_investigating_separate_shooting.html "Authorities ID Trenton homicide victim, investigate separate shooting"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617180812/http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/10/authorities_id_trenton_homicide_victim_investigating_separate_shooting.html |date=June 17, 2016 }}, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'', October 19, 2014. Accessed May 16, 2016. "Sutphin's slaying was the first homicide in Trenton since July 30 when Tyshawn Goodman, 25, of Trenton, and George Jamison, 44, of Pennington, were shot to death in what police believed were separate robberies. The nearly three months of relative peace followed a bloody start in which the city saw 23 homicides in the first seven months of the year."</ref> In 2020, the city surpassed the 2013 homicide number with a record 40 homicides.<ref>Shea, Kevin {{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/mercer/2021/11/man-shot-in-front-of-trenton-bar-dies-of-wounds-prosecutor-says.html |title=Man Shot in Front of Trenton Bar Dies of Wounds |date=November 3, 2021 |publisher=NJ.com |access-date=November 4, 2021 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001195027/https://www.nj.com/mercer/2021/11/man-shot-in-front-of-trenton-bar-dies-of-wounds-prosecutor-says.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[New Jersey State Prison]] (formerly Trenton State Prison) has two maximum security units. It houses some of the state's most dangerous individuals, which included New Jersey's [[death row]] population until the state banned capital punishment in 2007.<ref>[http://www.windsorpress.net/io_hotp.html A Short History of Trenton State Prison] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621075528/http://www.windsorpress.net/io_hotp.html |date=June 21, 2009 }}, InsideOut: Fifty Years Behind the Walls of New Jersey's Trenton State Prison. Accessed March 16, 2012.</ref>

==Transportation==
===Roads and highways===
[[File:2014-05-12 11 31 16 View north along U.S. Route 1 (Trenton Freeway) from the overpass for East State Street in Trenton City, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|[[U.S. Route 1]] through downtown Trenton, looking north from the East State Street overpass]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the city had a total of {{convert|168.80|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|145.57|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|11.33|mi}} by Mercer County, {{convert|10.92|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|0.99|mi}} by the [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/mileage_Mercer.pdf Mercer County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202144057/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/mileage_Mercer.pdf |date=February 2, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2019. Accessed January 26, 2021.</ref>

Several highways pass through the city.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Mercer.pdf Mercer County Highway Map] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224045307/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Mercer.pdf |date=February 24, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref> These include the Trenton Freeway (part of [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]])<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000001__-.pdf U.S. Route 1 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301040915/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000001__-.pdf |date=March 1, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2018. Accessed March 10, 2023.</ref> and the John Fitch Parkway, which is part of [[New Jersey Route 29|Route 29]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000029__-.pdf Route 29 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606073841/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000029__-.pdf |date=June 6, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated July 2014. Accessed March 10, 2023.</ref> Canal Boulevard, more commonly known as [[New Jersey Route 129|Route 129]], connects U.S. Route 1 and Route 29 in South Trenton.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000129__-.pdf Route 129 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320131317/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000129__-.pdf |date=March 20, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated March 2018. Accessed March 10, 2023.</ref> [[U.S. Route 206]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000206__-.pdf#page=15 U.S. Route 206 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416234945/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000206__-.pdf#page=15 |date=April 16, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated June 2017. Accessed March 10, 2023.</ref> [[New Jersey Route 31|Route 31]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000031__-.pdf Route 31 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206101310/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000031__-.pdf |date=December 6, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2017. Accessed March 10, 2023.</ref> and [[New Jersey Route 33|Route 33]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000033__-.pdf Route 33 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307222507/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000033__-.pdf |date=March 7, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated March 2017. Accessed March 10, 2023.</ref> also pass through the city via regular city streets (Broad Street/Brunswick Avenue/Princeton Avenue, Pennington Avenue, and Greenwood Avenue, respectively).

Route 29 connects the city to [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)|Interstate 295]] and [[Interstate 195 (New Jersey)|Interstate 195]], the latter providing a connection to the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]) at Exit 7A in [[Robbinsville Township, New Jersey|Robbinsville Township]], although the section near downtown is planned to be converted to an urban boulevard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reconnecting to the River (NJ Route 29) {{!}} Trenton, NJ |url=https://www.trentonnj.org/707/Reconnecting-to-the-River-NJ-Route-29 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.trentonnj.org |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116030349/https://www.trentonnj.org/707/Reconnecting-to-the-River-NJ-Route-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Public transportation===
[[File:Trenton Transit Center NEC NJT Overview.jpg|thumb|The Trenton Transit Center, which serves [[Amtrak]], [[NJ Transit]], and [[SEPTA]]]]
Public transportation within the city and its nearby suburbs is provided in the form of local bus routes run by [[NJ Transit]]. [[SEPTA]] provides bus service to adjacent [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania]].

The [[Trenton Transit Center]], located on the heavily traveled [[Northeast Corridor]], serves as the northbound terminus for [[SEPTA]]'s [[Trenton Line]] (local train service to Philadelphia) and southbound terminus for [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|NJ Transit Rail]]'s [[Northeast Corridor Line]] (local train service to [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|New York Penn Station]]). The train station also serves as the northbound terminus for the [[River Line (NJ Transit)|River Line]], a diesel [[light rail]] line that runs to [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=Project046To Trenton Station Renovation] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717060218/http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=Project046To |date=July 17, 2012 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed March 16, 2012.</ref> Two additional River Line stops, [[Cass Street (River Line station)|Cass Street]] and [[Hamilton Avenue (River Line station)|Hamilton Avenue]], are located within the city.<ref>[https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/light-rail/sf_lr_rvl_map.pdf River Line System Map] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124135352/https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/light-rail/sf_lr_rvl_map.pdf |date=November 24, 2022 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 24, 2022.</ref> Long-distance transportation is provided by [[Amtrak]] train service along the Northeast Corridor.<ref>[https://www.amtrak.com/stations/tre Trenton, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809121027/https://www.amtrak.com/stations/tre |date=August 9, 2020 }}, [[Amtrak]]. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref>

The closest commercial airport is [[Trenton–Mercer Airport]] in [[Ewing Township, New Jersey|Ewing Township]], about {{convert|8|mi}} from the center of Trenton, which is served by [[Frontier Airlines]].<ref>McEvoy, James. [http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/01/frontier_airlines_cancels_flights_from_trenton_to_three_destinations_due_to_lack_of_demand.html "Frontier Airlines cancels service from Trenton-Mercer to 5 destinations because of lack of demand"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106003755/http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/01/frontier_airlines_cancels_flights_from_trenton_to_three_destinations_due_to_lack_of_demand.html |date=January 6, 2015 }}, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|Times of Trenton]]'', January 5, 2015. Accessed January 5, 2015. "As of Tuesday, Frontier Airlines will discontinue service to Nashville, Tenn., St. Louis, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Cleveland because of lack of demand, Frontier spokesman Todd Lehmacher said in an email. Service to Cleveland ended last month."</ref> Nearby major airports are [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] and [[Philadelphia International Airport]], located {{convert|55.2|mi}} and {{convert|43.4|mi}} away, respectively, and reachable by direct New Jersey Transit or Amtrak rail (to Newark) and by [[SEPTA Regional Rail]] (to Philadelphia).

[[NJ Transit Bus Operations]] provides bus service between Trenton and [[Philadelphia]] on the [[409 (New Jersey bus)|409]] route, with service to surrounding communities on the [[600 (New Jersey bus)|600]], [[601 (New Jersey bus)|601]], [[603 (New Jersey bus)|603]], [[606 (New Jersey bus)|606]], [[607 (New Jersey bus)|607]], [[608 (New Jersey bus)|608]], [[609 (New Jersey bus)|609]], [[611 (New Jersey bus)|611]] and [[624 (New Jersey bus)|624]] routes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesMercerCountyTo |title=Mercer County Bus / Rail Connections |access-date=May 22, 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212335/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesMercerCountyTo |archive-date=May 22, 2009}}, [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed November 20, 2012.</ref><ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/maps/sam/148samap.pdf Mercer County Rider Guide] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126071745/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/maps/sam/148samap.pdf |date=November 26, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 27, 2019.</ref>

The Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association offers service on the Route 130 Connection between the Trenton Transit Center and the [[South Brunswick, New Jersey|South Brunswick]] warehouse district with stops along the route including [[Hamilton station (NJ Transit)|Hamilton train station]], Hamilton Marketplace, [[Hightstown, New Jersey|Hightstown]] and East Windsor Town Center Plaza.<ref>[https://gmtma.org/mercer-county-bus-service/ Mercer County Bus Service] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809163653/https://gmtma.org/mercer-county-bus-service/ |date=August 9, 2020 }}, Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref>

==Media==
Trenton is served by two daily newspapers, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'' and ''[[The Trentonian]]'', and a monthly advertising magazine, ''"The City" Trenton N.E.W.S.''. Radio station [[WKXW]] and Top 40 [[WPST]] are also licensed to Trenton. Defunct periodicals include the ''Trenton True American''. A local television station, [[WPHY-CD]] TV-25, serves the Trenton area.<ref>[http://www.wzbntv25.com Home page] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222003833/http://wzbntv25.com/ |date=December 22, 2018 }}, WZBN. Accessed December 7, 2011.</ref>

Trenton is part of the [[Philadelphia]] television market but some local TV operators also carry stations serving the [[New York City]] market. While it is its own radio market, many Philadelphia and New York stations are easily receivable.

Trenton was the site of the studios of the former public television station [[New Jersey Network]].{{Philly TV}}

==Notable people==
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{{category see also|People from Trenton, New Jersey}}

==See also==
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* [[Relocation of the United States Government to Trenton]] 
* [[USS Trenton|USS ''Trenton'']], 4 ships

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book |last=Schuyler |first=Hamilton |title=A history of Trenton, 1679–1929 |volume= |authorlink= |publisher=Princeton : Princeton University Press: The Trenton Historical Society |year=1929 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyoftrenton00unse/page/n9/mode/2up |ref=schuyler1929}}
* {{cite letter |last=Franklin |first=Benjamin |recipient="To All to whom these Presents shall come" |author-link=Benjamin Franklin |subject=Post Office Commissions to Abraham Hunt, 10 January 1764 (and 13 October 1775) |publisher=National Archives: Founders Online |language= |date=January 10, 1764 |url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-11-02-0001#BNFN-01-11-02-0001-fn-0001 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |ref=franklin1764}}

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* [https://www.trentonnj.org/ City of Trenton website]
* [https://trentonhistory.org/ Trenton Historical Society]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060923195236/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3474000.html US Census Data for Trenton, NJ]

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