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Trenton, Michigan

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The city of Trenton is located in Wayne County.

Trenton is 170 feet [51.82 m] above sea level.<1>

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

Communities that are also named Trenton can be found in:

 AlabamaNevada (historic<2>)
 ArkansasNew Jersey
 CaliforniaNew Mexico (historic)
 FloridaNew York
 GeorgiaNorth Carolina
 IllinoisNorth Dakota
 IndianaNova Scotia
 IowaOhio
 KansasOntario
 KentuckyPennsylvania
 LouisianaSouth Carolina
 MaineTennessee
 MarylandTexas
 MississippiUtah
 MissouriWisconsin
 Nebraska 

At the time of the 2000 Census, Trenton had a population of 19,584 people<3> (or 0.95% of the total population of Wayne County). The population of Trenton represented 0.2% of the total of Michigan, making it the state's 56th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Trenton had a population of 17,965 people. This is a decrease of 8.27% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Trenton.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200817,965-8.27%-2.52% since 2007
200718,429-5.9%-2.49% since 2006
200618,900-3.49%-1.45% since 2005
200519,179-2.07% 
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200019,584The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Allen Park   N8 mi [12.87 km]26,01411.44% decrease
 Dearborn Heights   N13 mi [20.92 km]51,97210.8% decrease
 Dearborn   N11 mi [17.7 km]86,47711.56% decrease
 Detroit   N17 mi [27.36 km]912,0624.12% decrease
 Garden City   NW14 mi [22.53 km]26,74311% decrease
 Inkster   NW12 mi [19.31 km]26,62111.6% decrease
 
 
<*>   When comparing populations across the border of the USA & Canada, be aware that the populations given are for different years. The US populations are for the years 2008 and 2000. The Canadian populations are for the years 2006 and 2001.

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Trenton.

Website for Trenton

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Trenton or Wayne County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.trenton-mi.com/
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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Trenton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Trenton? Please visit the Map Page for Trenton.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Trenton - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Trenton, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Trenton.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Trenton and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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