A history of Trenton,
since 1793
Postcards, papers and photographs of Trenton from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first settlement was developed in 1793 by Gerrit Boon in Barneveldt, as an agent of the Holland Land Company. Boon went back to Holland after a few years. His successor was Adam Gerard Mappa, a Dutch typesetter. At the end of his life, Mappa's friend Francis Adrian Vanderkemp moved to Barneveld.
The town was formed in 1797 from the Town of Schuyler (in Herkimer County, New York). The name may have been selected because some local soldiers fought at the Battle of Trenton. The town includes areas from the Holland and Servis Patents.
The Wethersfield Stone Schoolhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Trenton’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWashington crossing the Delaware, 1853: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Trenton
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Trenton, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Washington crossing the Delaware (1853) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.