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Trenton North Carolina Map

Explore Trenton, North Carolina, 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, North Carolina

How to Use This Trenton, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Trenton, North Carolina. 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 North Carolina 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	North Carolina (NC)
County	Jones County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.067105
Longitude	-77.352737
Population	238
Density	404.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28585
Area Code	910
County Seat	Trenton
School District	Jones County Schools

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About Trenton, North Carolina

Trenton is a locality in Jones County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 238. The population density is 404.8 people per km². Trenton is located at 35.0671°N, 77.3527°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Trenton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28585.

Trenton anchors itself firmly within a landscape defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the Trent River. It lies 17.7 miles west of New Bern, NC (from New Bern, NC: bearing 261°T), and is situated 18.7 miles southeast of Kinston. The terrain here relies on the quiet persistence of flat, fertile earth, where the moisture from Brock Pond provides a silver mirror for the low-hanging sun at the end of a humid afternoon. Beyond the immediate reach of the dwellings, the landscape opens into expansive tracts of farmland, punctuated by the distant, darker silhouettes of Hofmann Forest that mark the horizon. Within the boundaries of Jones County Open Space, the air carries the scent of damp soil and pine, a persistent reminder of the inland character of this geography. The light at dusk settles over the fields in a pale, amber wash, softening the edges of the barns and the long, straight lines of the rural roads that define the perimeter of Trenton.

History in Trenton remains etched into the structure of the local economy, which has long drawn its vitality from the surrounding agricultural yields and the steady labor of the fields. The pace of life here is governed by the cycles of the harvest rather than the frantic demands of modern commerce, maintaining a traditional character that values a measured, courteous demeanor. While the nearby Deep Gully creates a subtle shift in the regional topography, the primary concerns of the populace have remained tethered to the land and the preservation of a quiet, industrious independence. The architecture of the older buildings reflects a functional endurance, built for utility and the long summer heat, serving as a silent record of those who settled this particular stretch of the interior. Daily life here persists with a gravity of its own, grounded in the seasonal rhythms that have sustained the locality for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jones County Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 054° NE
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Dover Bay Preserve (Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 353° N
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 10.4 mi, 143° SE
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 10.4 mi, 143° SE · 162k acres
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.3 mi, 084° E
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.5 mi, 125° SE · 8,490 acres
City of New Bern - Martin Marietta Park (Local Recreation) — 15.2 mi, 068° E
Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 15.3 mi, 082° E
Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 077° E
Onslow County Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 223° SW
Neuse River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 16.7 mi, 070° E
Hog Wild at Howard Farm (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 207° SW
Massachusetts Monument (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 077° E
Rhode Island Monument (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 077° E
New Jersey Monument (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 077° E
White Oak River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 17.8 mi, 156° SE
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 081° E
Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 18.1 mi, 081° E
Caswell Number 1 Fire Station Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 316° NW
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.6 mi, 123° SE · 9,315 acres
Health and Science Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 316° NW
Ellis Planetarium (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 316° NW
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 19.1 mi, 094° E
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 24.3 mi, 192° S
Hammocks Beach State Park (State Park) — 28.9 mi, 157° SE
Golfin Dolphin Golf Plane (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 148° SE
Cliffs of the Neuss l (Viewpoint) — 32.3 mi, 292° W
Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 026° NE
Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 36.0 mi, 324° NW
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 46.8 mi, 123° SE · 41k acres

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