Trenton, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29847. It stands on Buck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle. 200 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
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 2 records
Bettis Academy and Junior Collegelisted 1998
Marshfieldlisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresTrenton grew from 196 to 200 between 2010 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 196 | |
| 2020 | 200 | +4 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1923 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Trenton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,114 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | TRENTON |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Trenton: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgefield Granite Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion | |
| Unidentified Granite Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion | |
| Satterfield Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Satterfield Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trenton in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2014: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $2,000 | Public reported trees down on Watson Road just northeast of Trenton. |
| October 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Trenton | - | Public reported a wall cloud and a funnel cloud. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | - | DOT reported trees down on hwy 75. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | - | Sheriff reported trees down on hwy 149. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | - | County official reported several trees down in Trenton and Johnston. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Trenton | - | EM reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | - | SKYWARN spotter reported large limbs and power outages in the Trenton area. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | - | Sheriff reported large limbs down in Trenton on Woodyard Road. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Trenton | - | Public reported penny size hail. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | - | Emergency manager reported trees down in Trenton and on hwy 191. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | - | TV met reported trees down near the Edgefield/Aiken county line southwest of Trenton. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | - | Sheriff reported several trees down in Trenton. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | - | EOC reported trees down. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Trenton | - | SKYWARN spotter reported touchdown in field behind his house. |
| March 1996 | Hail | Trenton | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Hail | Trenton | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine House Crossroads | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Rotalata | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bouknight | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Huets Crossroads | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Parkhill | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Harmony | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Swearingen (historical) | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Edgefield | 5.7 miles | 12 |
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 Trenton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2185864 | The 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 1251201. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.










