Delaware River · NJ
Trenton
Trenton Makes, the World Takes: New Jersey's capital at the falls of the Delaware.
- Population
- 90,871 (2020 census)
- Battle of Trenton
- December 26, 1776
- State capital
- Since 1790
Then
- 1679
Quakers led by Mahlon Stacy settle at the Falls of the Delaware. The town takes landholder William Trent's name around 1719.
- 1776
Washington's army crosses the icy Delaware on Christmas night and defeats the Hessians at Trenton on December 26.
- 1784
Congress meets here from November 1 to December 24.
- 1790
Trenton becomes New Jersey's capital.
- 1848
John Roebling moves his wire rope mill to Trenton; it later spins cable for the Brooklyn Bridge.
Now
“Trenton Makes, The World Takes” glows on the Lower Trenton Bridge. The tidal Delaware ends at the falls here; Fieldsboro and the Pennsylvania shore at Newbold share this stretch.
4 tide stations around Trenton
- Trenton, N.J.2.2 mi
- Newbold, Pa.5.8 mi
- Fieldsboro, N.J.5.9 mi
- Edgely, Pa.7.2 mi