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Trenton, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Leonard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75490. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle. 743 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.

Trenton within Fannin County

Population over time

2 figures

Trenton grew from 635 to 743 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.

YearPeople Change
2010635
2020743+108 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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.

Fires near this place

111 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Trenton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,018 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use28
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service160 FIRE
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRANDOLPH GRASS FIRE
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 4446
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJACK ENGLAND FIRE
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAY TRAILER BLOW OUT
3 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGF
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRED MORE FIRE
3 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Storms near this place

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trenton in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 21 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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
April 2026HailTrenton$200,000Pictures showed hail stones around 4 inches in diameter in Trenton.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindTrenton$50,000There was scattered wind damage across town with one business unroofed and mortar blown off another.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindTrenton$50,000There was scattered wind damage across town, with one business unroofed and mortar blown off another.
March 2008Flash FloodTrenton$40,000Water flooded two homes on the east side of Ballentine Street and also a few homes on North Pearl Street.
April 1999Tornado (F1)Trenton$40,000A house was destroyed by a brief tornado. No injuries were reported.
April 2026HailTrenton$30,000Emergency manager reported baseball size hail behind Trenton High School.
May 2010LightningTrenton$20,000Lightning stuck the steeple at the First United Methodist Church in the city of Trenton. Most of the steeple asphalt from the east side came crashing down to the ground.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindTrenton$20,000Two businesses were unroofed, a barn was unroofed, a covered walkway at the high school was destroyed, and a storage building just east of town was heavily damaged.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindTrenton$20,000A mobile home was destroyed by high winds.
October 2009Flash FloodTrenton$15,000Water entered three homes and the City Hall in Trenton.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindTrenton$10,000Emergency manager reported a 72 mph wind gust in Trenton.
April 2026HailTrenton$7,000Golf ball size hail was reported in the city of Trenton.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindTrenton$6,000An emergency manager reported a roof was blown off of a mobile home near Trenton. Power lines were also knocked down in Trenton. Time was estimated via radar.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTrenton$6,000Numerous tree limbs were down throughout Trenton. The power was also knocked out for nearly 4 hours.
March 2024HailTrenton$5,000Golf ball hail along Highway 69 at CR 4935 near Trenton.
May 2006HailTrenton$5,000no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindTrenton$4,000Sixty mph winds were estimated in Trenton.
June 2009LightningTrenton$2,000A home in Trenton was struck by lightning and some appliances in the home were damaged.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindTrenton$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and a light pole.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindTrenton$500A 58 mph wind gust was measured in Trenton.
May 2024HailTrenton-Social media picture showed a ping pong sized hail stone in Trenton.
April 2012HailTrenton-Nickel sized hail was reported in the Trenton and Leonard areas.
May 2009HailTrenton-Quarter size hail fell in Trenton.
April 2009Flash FloodTrenton-Highway 69 and FM 981 between Trenton and Leonard was closed due to water over the road.
July 2007Flash FloodTrenton-North Pearl Street, FM 815, and Ann Street were flooded. Water was flowing down streets and through yards.
May 2006HailTrenton-Quarter-size hail was reported in town for about 15 minutes.
March 2006Flash FloodTrenton-Flood waters caused Augustus Street in downtown Trenton to be closed for a short period of time.
April 2005HailTrenton-Golf ball size hail reported.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Farm Market 815 was blocked by a fallen large tree limb.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Strong winds blew down trees.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Strong winds blew down trees.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Trees were blown down by strong winds.
July 1995HailTrenton-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2011HailTrenton-no account filed
April 2011HailTrenton-no account filed
April 2011HailTrenton-no account filed
May 2008HailTrenton-no account filed
March 2006HailTrenton-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindTrenton-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindTrenton-no account filed
May 2003HailTrenton-no account filed
October 2001HailTrenton-no account filed
May 1998HailTrenton-no account filed
April 1995HailTrenton-no account filed
April 1995HailTrenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fannin 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
Orangeville3.3 miles6
Union Hill3.8 miles6
Delba3.9 miles6
Nobility4.1 miles6
Randolph5.9 miles6
Leonard6.0 miles6
Enterprise6.3 miles7
Ely6.5 miles7

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 Q979435The 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 1370102. 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.

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.