Florida · Census place 1272350

Trenton, Florida

Trenton is a city in Gilchrist County, Florida with an estimated 2,267 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 284th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,267
#284 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+11.7%
+238 people
Land area
3.4 sq mi
Density
669 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Trenton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Trenton population, 2020 to 2024

Trenton added 238 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.7%. In the latest year it moved by +54.

2,02920202,07420212,14120222,21320232,2672024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,019. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Trenton covers 3.39 square miles of land, for 669 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Trenton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Trenton is in

All of Trenton's residents live in Gilchrist County, which had 20,233 residents in 2024. Trenton holds 11.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Trenton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Trenton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32693. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Trenton is

The Census internal point of Trenton is at 29.609200, -82.814600. Tallahassee, the capital, is 104.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chiefland, FL (2,444 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gainesville, FL, 28.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.609200, -82.814600
DMS
29°36'33.12"N 82°48'52.56"W
UTM
17N 324289.2E 3276857.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
76XVJ55P+M5

Daylight in Trenton

At 29.61° N, Trenton gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Trenton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Fanning Springs, 6.8 miles away, with 1,341 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Trenton, FL?

2,267 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 238 (11.7%) from 2,029 in July 2020.

What county is Trenton in?

Gilchrist County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Trenton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32693.

How far is Trenton from Tallahassee?

104.8 miles (168.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Trenton.

What is the nearest larger city to Trenton?

Chiefland, FL, with 2,444 residents, 8.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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