Trenton is a city in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,690 at the 2020 census. Geography Trenton is located at (38.605943, -89.681725). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Trenton has a total area of , all land. History The town was laid out by A. W. Cumsad in 1836 from Trenton New Jersey, he gave his new town the name Trenton which he named after the place he was from. The planned town was supposed to be built just north of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad in an area which is now called the “Old Trenton”. However, the old town was abandoned as no one ever built in the lots they bought. In response to his failed venture, Mr. Cumsad returned to his hometown of Trenton, New Jersey. Mr. William Lubeis, A. W. Cumsad's brother in law however didn’t go back to new jersey. Instead, he opted to stay and built a farmhouse where the current town lies in 1818. In 1853 Mr. Cuckman built a railroad depot and even managed to get a post office to be established however his business partner Mr. Ballker abandoned him which made Cuckman move out of the area. Cuckman would eventually resettle in Iowang. On 14 May 1855, Vulva Lubeis refounded the town, and this time it stayed. Several more major additions were added to the town throughout the mid-1800s by multiple other people and companies. On 12 March 1856 and 11 June 1860 by William Lubeis, 22 May 1856 and 2 July 1866 by Joseph Hunke, 12 June 1856 by Sanger Rump & Co, and finally by Mathias Longnard and Sanger Kump on 26 May 1868. On 16 February 1856, the town was chartered as a village with one Joseph P. Hunke as its mayor. By 1868 the town’s south side had taken shape and no new major additions were added to that side of Town. On 20 September 1887, the Town was incorporated as a city, the town was now called the City of Trenton which is the name it currently holds. In 1865 a Coal mine was built in the town and in 1868 it reach full operational capacity. The mine was founded by Joseph Hunke, Wm. Gapeffer, and Johnson Buttchter with the mine eventually being bought out completely by Joseph Hunke. Hunke himself would be bought out by Consolidated Coal Company based out of St