Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 until December 24, 1784. Trenton and 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 combined statistical area by the U.S. Census Bureau. However, Trenton directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area to its west, and the city was part of the Philadelphia combined statistical area from 1990 until 2000.
Mid-Atlantic
Trenton
Mercer County, NJ
Population
90,055
Walk Score
88 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,177
Median home value
$111,200
Founded
1719
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Berkeley Square Historic District · listed 1980
- Downtown Trenton Commercial Historic District · listed 2025
- Mill Hill Historic District · listed 1977
- Riverview Cemetery · listed 2017
- Roebling's, John A., Sons Company, Trenton N.J., Block 3 · listed 2012
- State House District · listed 1976
- State House Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1992
- Stokely Van Camp Cannery Complex
- Trenton Ferry Historic District · listed 2013
- William R. Thropp Sons Company Complex
- Yard Avenue Historic District
Notable landmarks
- Abbott Farm Archeological Site · listed 1976
- Abbott, John II, House · listed 1976
- Abbott-Decou House · listed 1976
- Adams and Sickles Building · listed 1980
- American Cigar Company Building · listed 2011
- Archeological Site No. 1-18th Century Vessel (28ME196) · listed 1986
- Bellevue Avenue Colored School · listed 1997
- Bow Hill · listed 1973
- Brearley, Charles, House · listed 1995
- Broad Street National Bank · listed 2008
- Carver Center · listed 2022
- Champale Brewing Company Office Building
- City Hall (Old)
- Clay, Henry and Bock and Company Cigar Factory · listed 1979
- Delaware Inn
- Dickinson, Gen. Philemon, House · listed 1974
- Douglass House · listed 1970
- East Trenton Public Library · listed 2008
- First Presbyterian Church · listed 2005
- Former CF&I Complex
- Golden Swan-True American · listed 2008
- Higbee Street School · listed 1995
- Hog Island Cranes · listed 1980
- House at 379 West State Street · listed 1980
- In and Out Social Club · listed 1987
- …and 27 more
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