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Trenton Iowa Map

Explore Trenton, Iowa, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Trenton, Iowa

How to Use This Trenton, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Trenton, Iowa. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Iowa or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Trenton.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Trenton
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Henry County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.061691
Longitude	-91.637386
Population	74
Density	62.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	52641
Area Code	712
County Seat	Mount Pleasant
School District	Mount Pleasant Community School District

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About Trenton, Iowa

Trenton is a locality in Henry County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 74. The population density is 62.0 people per km². Trenton is located at 41.0617°N, 91.6374°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 52641.

Trenton exists as a quiet punctuation mark upon the vast, tilled expanse of the Iowa plains, where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising under a sky of immense, pale clarity. It lies 32.5 miles west-northwest of Burlington, IA (from Burlington, IA: bearing 303°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-northwest of Mount Pleasant. The earth here is dark and heavy, organized into precise grids of corn and soybean that drink the sunlight during the long, humid summers. A mile from the center, Green Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the silt, its presence marked only by a thin ribbon of willow and scrub brush that breaks the monotony of the fields. Five miles to the west, the landscape holds the stillness of Maccoon Access, a sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in a slow, hypnotic dance against the prevailing wind, and Spring Pond gathers the runoff of the seasons in its quiet, reed-fringed basin.

History in Trenton is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring stubbornness of the grain elevator and the slow, deliberate rotation of the seasons. The local economy remains tethered to the yield of the soil, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the pulse of the days and the shared language of the residents. There is a muted, literate civility here, a heritage of German and Scandinavian tenacity that prefers the dignity of work over the clamor of expansion. In the evenings, when the light turns the color of harvested wheat and the air cools against the dark furrows of the earth, the silence of Trenton becomes a tangible thing, revealing a place that asks for little and offers a steady, unadorned peace to those who choose to stay.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Maccoon Access (State Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 258° W
O'Laughlin Recreation-Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 190° S
Ketchum Switch Recreation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 182° S
Crane Pond Park (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 146° SE
Big Creek County Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 156° SE
Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 7.9 mi, 146° SE
Johnny Clock Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 235° SW
Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 148° SE
Midwest Old Threshers Heritage Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 147° SE
Gibson Recreation Area (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 189° S
Faulkner's Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 167° S
Woodthrush Woods State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 238° SW
Winfield Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 066° NE
Lake Darling State Park (State Park) — 14.6 mi, 303° NW
Dover Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 128° SE
Washington Community Center (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 347° N
Arts Center Theater (Theatre) — 17.3 mi, 260° W
The Art House (Public Artwork) — 17.8 mi, 256° W
Geode State Park (State Park) — 20.2 mi, 141° SE
West Point Freedom Rock (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 158° S
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.8 mi, 081° E · 24k acres
Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 006° N
Des Moines County Fair (Attraction) — 29.5 mi, 125° SE
Chief Taimah Memorial Site (Monument) — 31.2 mi, 114° SE
CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 34.3 mi, 150° SE
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 34.3 mi, 150° SE
Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 34.9 mi, 110° E
Ellison Creek Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 38.1 mi, 121° SE
Muscatine Art Center (Arts Centre) — 39.8 mi, 050° NE
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.9 mi, 170° S · 10k acres

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