Trenton, New Jersey

**Trenton** is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the county seat of Mercer County. Trenton is in the middle part of New Jersey, along the Delaware River.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Trenton, New Jersey
- **settlement type**: List of U.S. state capitals, State capital city
- **nickname**: _The Capital City_,
_Turning Point of the Revolution_
- **motto**: "Trenton Makes, The World Takes"
- **image flag**: Flag of Trenton, New Jersey.svg
- **flag size**: 122px
- **image map**: Mercer County New Jersey incorporated and unincorporated areas Trenton highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 260px
- **map caption**: Location of Trenton in Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Mercer County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left).
- **image map1**: Census_Bureau_map_of_Trenton,_New_Jersey.png
- **mapsize1**: 250x200px
- **map caption1**: Census Bureau map of Trenton, New Jersey

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- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in New Jersey, County
- **subdivision name2**: Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer
- **government type**: Mayor–Council (Faulkner Act)
- **governing body**: City Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader title1**: City manager, Administrator
- **leader title2**: Municipal clerk
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: June 3, 1719
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: November 13, 1792
- **named for**: William Trent (Trenton), William Trent
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 21.25
- **area land km2**: 19.70
- **area water km2**: 1.55
- **area total sq mi**: 8.20
- **area land sq mi**: 7.61
- **area water sq mi**: 0.60
- **area water percent**: 7.62
- **area rank**: 229th of 565 in state
9th of 12 in county
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 90871
- **population rank**: List of United States cities by population, 382nd in country (as of 2022)
10th of 565 in state
2nd of 12 in county
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density sq mi**: 11989.8
- **population density rank**: 25th of 565 in state
1st of 12 in county
- **population urban**: 370,422 (List of United States urban areas, US: 112th)
- **population density urban km2**: 1,074.3
- **population density urban sq mi**: 2,782.4
- **population metro**: 387,340 (Metropolitan statistical area, US: 143rd)
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, Eastern (EST)
- **utc offset**: −05:00
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Daylight Time, Eastern (EDT)
- **utc offset dst**: −04:00
- **elevation m**: 18
- **elevation ft**: 59
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 08608–08611, 08618–08620, 08625, 08628, 08629, 08638
- **area code**: Area code 609, 609
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 3402174000
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0885421