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Trenton, Missouri

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Trenton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64683. The Survey maps it on the Trenton East quadrangle. 5,609 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 840 feet above sea level.

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Trenton within Grundy County

On record in Trenton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 7 records

Population over time

3 figures

Trenton grew from 617 to 5,609 between 1860 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
1860617
20106,001
20205,609-392 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Trenton: 25 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Thompson - Weldon Sand Pit / PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cole QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hertzog QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grundy County

Storms near this place

60 of 113 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trenton in 113 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 52 hail, 47 thunderstorm wind, 11 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004HailTrenton$300,000There was extensive damage to roofs and cars. Power lines were also reported down.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindTrenton$50,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindTrenton$10,000Tree landed on house.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindTrenton$5,000A large portion of a shingled roof was blown off along Route W.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindTrenton$3,000Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 80 mph. Power lines were snapped and an outbuilding was destroyed.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindTrenton$3,000Ham radio reported 3/4 inch hail and wind gusts to 80 mph. Trees up to 2 feet in diameter blown down.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindTrenton$2,000A tree and a power pole was snapped. The damage was confined to a 3 block radius.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindTrenton$2,000Shingles off roofs and pine trees uprooted.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindTrenton$1,000Broadcast media reported windows blown out of a garage.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindTrenton$1,000Power lines down throughout town.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Downed wires and power outages near and south of Trenton.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Radio station in Trenton reports 70 mph wind gusts.
April 2024HailTrenton-Quarter sized hail was reported just southeast of Trenton.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Estimated gusts up to 60 mph with power outages reported in Trenton.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindTrenton-A tree and powerlines were knocked down.
May 2023Tornado (EF0)Trenton-A storm chaser in Trenton caught a brief tornado on video. This tornado did some visible damage to a local church, but that damage was mostly superficial as the brick facade crumbled off the face of the building. No injuries were reported.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Tree branches downed in Trenton.
August 2023HailTrenton-Quarter sized hail was reported southwest of Trenton.
August 2023HailTrenton-Quarter sized hail was reported southwest of Trenton.
May 2023HailTrenton-Golf ball size hail was reported in Trenton.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Half of a large tree was blown down near Trenton.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Numerous trees were down across Trenton after 60 to 70 mph wind went through the city.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down in Trenton. A roof was also blown off of a structure.
May 2020Flash FloodTrenton-Highway W was impassible due to high water coming off Wolf Creek.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Several structures were damaged near Trenton. Several power lines were also down.
May 2019Flash FloodTrenton-Water was flowing over several roads in Trenton.
July 2017Flash FloodTrenton-Ellison and 4th Street were covered in running water in Trenton.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTrenton-There were several reports of trees and power poles down across Trenton.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTrenton-A tree was blocking Crowder Road at Mable Street.
August 2016Flash FloodTrenton-Several feet of water was covering intersections in Trenton that normally do not flood.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindTrenton-A tree of unknown size or condition snapped in half and fell on some power lines in Trenton.
May 2014HailTrenton-Softball sized hail was reported near Crowder State Park. Power lines were also reported down in West Trenton at 5:15 PM.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTrenton-A large tree limb was reported snapped and laying across Lulu St. in Trenton.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTrenton-A large tree was snapped and laying across Crowder Road, near Trenton.
June 2011Flash FloodTrenton-One to two feet of water, was reported flowing over Highway W.
June 2008Flash FloodTrenton-A significant amount of water was flowing over Route 6, to the west of Trenton.
May 2007Flash FloodTrenton-Several roads have water flowing over them due to the heavy rains.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Tree blown over onto Highway 6.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Several trees blown down near County Road P and Highway 6 junction.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Trenton-Brief tornado touchdown near 146/128 interchange.
August 2004Flash FloodTrenton-Water is up to 2 feet deep across County Road F.
August 2004Flash FloodTrenton-Several creeks out of their banks near the municipal airport and Crowder State Park.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Tree 5 to 10 inches in diameter blown down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Broadcast media reported large trees down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Public reported large trees down on highway 6.
May 2001Flash FloodTrenton-Law enforcement reported 1.5 feet of water over highway 65.
June 2001HailTrenton-Ham radio operator reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 57 knots and hail to one inch.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Two large trees were downed in Trenton.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Amateur radio operators reported downed trees near the intersection of Y and O Highways northeast of Trenton.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Numerous 4-8 inch diameter tree limbs and one tree were downed on the southwest side of Trenton.
June 1998FloodTrenton-Up to 3.5 inches of rain fell during thunderstorms over Grundy County. Several intersections were reported flooded in Trenton.
July 1995HailTrenton-The Grundy County Sheriff Department reported dime-size hail near Trenton.
July 1995HailTrenton-Golf ball-size hail was reported 12 miles west of Trenton.
July 1995HailTrenton-Golf ball-size hail was reported 15 miles Northeast of Trenton.
March 2023HailTrenton-no account filed
March 2022HailTrenton-no account filed
June 2019HailTrenton-no account filed
August 2019HailTrenton-no account filed
September 2019HailTrenton-no account filed
April 2017HailTrenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grundy County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Edinburg4.1 miles9
Parkerton4.1 miles9
Wyandotte5.2 miles9
Tindall5.7 miles9
Shott6.2 miles9
Hickory Creek6.2 miles12
Dunlap7.4 miles10
Brimson7.9 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on TrentonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q964707The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727769. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.