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Trenton Kentucky Map

Explore Trenton, Kentucky, 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, Kentucky

How to Use This Trenton, Kentucky Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Trenton, Kentucky. 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 Kentucky 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.

CityTrenton
StateKentucky (KY)
CountyTodd County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude36.723933
Longitude-87.262783
Population326
Density221.2 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code42286
Area Code270
County SeatElkton
School DistrictTodd County School District

About Trenton, Kentucky

Trenton is a locality in Todd County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 326. The population density is 221.2 people per km². Trenton is located at 36.7239°N, 87.2628°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Trenton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42286.

Trenton occupies a landscape of quiet, agrarian expanse where the horizon stretches wide across the dark, fertile soil of the Pennyroyal Plateau. It lies 12.6 miles east-northeast of Fort Campbell North, KY (from Fort Campbell North, KY: bearing 70°T), and is situated 14.4 miles north-northeast of Clarksville. A mile to the west, the rhythmic trickle of Dry Branch marks the low ground, while Bradley-Crusher Park provides an immediate, verdant anchor for the locality, offering a space where the heavy, humid air of late summer settles into the tall grasses. On clear days, the faint, hazy silhouette of Tucker Ridge can be discerned far to the south, a jagged pencil line drawn against the pale sky that reminds observers of the vast, landlocked interior of the continent. The light here tends to linger, turning the fields a deep, bruised gold as the heat of the day bleeds slowly into the cooling earth.

Trenton functions as a deliberate, slow-turning gear within the agricultural machinery of the region, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest. The architecture reflects a history of mid-nineteenth-century commerce, with brick facades that have weathered the decades into a muted, dusty gray. Life here maintains a steady, predictable cadence, often dictated by the seasonal requirements of tobacco and grain rather than the frantic pace of distant industrial hubs. Eight miles away, the quiet waters of Long Pond mirror the changing seasons, serving as a silent sentinel for the rural solitude that defines the character of the surrounding countryside. Residents navigate their daily routines with a particular, measured focus, valuing the permanence of the land over the shifting trends of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bradley-Crusher Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 203° SW
  • Guthrie Transportation Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 134° SE
  • Bristow, The soldier. Birthplace (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 047° NE
  • Jefferson Davis State Historic Site (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 346° N
  • Operation Desert Storm (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 254° W
  • Korea Conflict Monument (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 253° W
  • Dunbar Cave (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 191° S
  • Cole Park G.C (Local Park) — 11.8 mi, 233° SW
  • Wickham Hall Pratt Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 241° SW
  • Lake Barkley (Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 183° S
  • Barkley Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.0 mi, 208° SW
  • Green Man (Public Artwork) — 14.1 mi, 201° S
  • Historic Bell Witch Cave (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 130° SE
  • APSU CECA Downtown Gallery (Arts Centre) — 14.6 mi, 202° S
  • Alhambra Theatre (Theatre) — 15.9 mi, 309° NW
  • Lake Malone (State Recreation Area) — 22.9 mi, 025° NE
  • Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.4 mi, 237° SW · 13k acres
  • Coopertoen Drive-In Theater (Cinema) — 29.2 mi, 136° SE
  • Bear Spring Iron Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 32.1 mi, 238° SW
  • Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 36.0 mi, 262° W · 171k acres
  • Land Between the Lakes Other (National Forest) — 36.0 mi, 262° W · 171k acres
  • Fort Donelson Cumberland Battery (Viewpoint) — 36.5 mi, 244° SW
  • Giant Aboriginal Statue (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 111° E
  • White House Inn Museum (Museum) — 37.7 mi, 118° SE
  • Homeplace 1850s Working Farm at Land Between The Lakes (Attraction) — 39.6 mi, 263° W
  • AdventureWorks Zipline Forest (Attraction) — 40.2 mi, 143° SE
  • Mound Bottom State Archaeology Area (Historic Ruins) — 41.4 mi, 167° S
  • AMC Classic Madisonville 8 (Cinema) — 42.7 mi, 344° N
  • Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.4 mi, 239° SW · 22k acres
  • Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 64.5 mi, 058° NE · 51k acres

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About This Trenton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Trenton, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.723933, -87.262783. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Trenton includes the ZIP code (42286), telephone area code (270), county seat of Todd County (Elkton), and school district assignment (Todd County School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.