Trenton, Georgia, United States

🇺🇸 Trenton is a city and the only incorporated municipality in Dade County, Georgia, United States—and as such, it serves as the county seat. Trenton is part of the Chattanooga, Tennessee–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History Founded in the 1830s, the area was originally known as Salem. In 1839 Salem was designated the seat of the newly formed Dade County. It was renamed Trenton in 1841. The present name is a transfer from Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey.

Geography The city is located in the north-western part of the state along Interstate 59, which runs from south-west to north-east to the west of the city, leading north-east 20 mi (32 km) to Chattanooga, Tennessee (via I-59 to I-24), and south-west 128 mi (206 km) to Birmingham, Alabama. U.S. Route 11 and Georgia State Route 136 are the main roads through the centre of the city, with U.S. 11 leading north-east to Chattanooga and south-west 35 mi (56 km) to Fort Payne, Alabama. GA-136 leads south-east 27 mi (43 km) to LaFayette and west 6 mi (9.7 km) to the Alabama state line.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km²), all land.

Education The Dade County School District administers grades pre-school to grade twelve. It operates two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. The district has 167 full-time teachers and over 2,630 students. • Dade Elementary School • Davis Elementary School • Dade Middle School • Dade County High School.

Attractions • Cloudland Canyon State Park • Dade County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia (National Register of Historic Places).

Major roads and travel • Interstate 24: I-24 dips into north-eastern Dade County, Georgia as it circles around Aetna and Raccoon Mountains in Tennessee. • Interstate 59: I-59 runs north and south and connects Birmingham to Chattanooga • U.S. Route 11 runs north and south, parallel to Interstate 59 • State Route 136: Hwy 136 runs west and east and connects Dade County to Walker County. • Norfolk Southern Railway.

Media • Dade County Sentinel (weekly newspaper) • Discover Dade (Local media portal and news service) • WKWN AM 1420, FM 106.1, and FM 101.3 (A mix of local and syndicated content, including local weather and traffic).