Tennessee · Census place 4775000
Trenton, Tennessee
Trenton is a city in Gibson County, Tennessee with an estimated 4,111 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 119th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,111
- #119 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -124 people
- Land area
- 8.0 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 511 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Trenton population, 2020 to 2024
Trenton lost 124 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Trenton covers 8.04 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 511 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Trenton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Trenton is in
All of Trenton's residents live in Gibson County, which had 51,422 residents in 2024. Trenton holds 8.0% 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: 38382. 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 35.973200, -88.945200. Nashville, the capital, is 121.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Humboldt, TN (7,852 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 82.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.973200, -88.945200
- DMS
- 35°58'23.52"N 88°56'42.72"W
- UTM
- 16N 324613.9E 3982725.2N
- Geohash
- dn2u8h8p4
- Plus code
- 867HX3F3+7W
Daylight in Trenton
At 35.97° N, Trenton gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 53 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 Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Dyer, 7.3 miles away, with 2,328 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Trenton, TN?
4,111 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 124 (2.9%) from 4,235 in July 2020.
What county is Trenton in?
Gibson 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: 38382.
How far is Trenton from Nashville?
121.4 miles (195.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Trenton.
What is the nearest larger city to Trenton?
Humboldt, TN, with 7,852 residents, 10.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.