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Trenton, Wayne County

Well-Known Places in Trenton

Elizabeth Park (first county park in Michigan), Westfield Activities Center, Downtown Trenton (West Jefferson Avenue).

Trenton Business Districts

• Downtown Trenton (West Jefferson Avenue)
• Fort Street Corridor
• West Road Corridor

Major Employers in Trenton

Trenton Public Schools, DTE Energy (Trenton Channel site), City of Trenton, Henry Ford Health / area medical (regional).

About Trenton, Wayne County

Trenton is a riverfront Downriver suburb of Detroit that grew up on the Detroit River as a sawmill and shipping stop roughly a day's journey between Detroit and Monroe. For most of the 20th century it was a heavy-industry town defined by the giant McLouth Steel works and a Chrysler engine plant, and today it leans into boating, riverside parks, and hydroplane racing. Its 162-acre Elizabeth Park, given to Wayne County in 1919, is recognized as the first county park in Michigan.

History of Trenton

• Founded in 1816 by Abram Caleb Truax, a territorial militiaman who acquired a large riverfront tract from the U.S. government and built a sawmill, church and store in what is now downtown.
• The village was originally laid out as "Truaxton" in 1834; the post office and community were renamed "Trenton" in 1847 after the local Trenton limestone formation quarried nearby.
• Incorporated as a village in 1855, annexed the neighboring community of Sibley in 1929, and incorporated as a city in 1957.

Landmarks and Places in Trenton

• Elizabeth Park, Michigan's first county park (1919), a 162-acre park on Slocum's Island in the Detroit River with a marina, 1,300 feet of riverwalk, and the 1923 Elizabeth Drive arch bridge.
• Trenton Village Theatre, an Art Deco cinema by architect Charles N. Agree.
• Humbug Marsh, part of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (the only international wildlife refuge in North America).

The Trenton Economy

• Historically a steel-and-auto town anchored by McLouth Steel (closed 1996) and the Chrysler/Stellantis Trenton Engine plant.
• DTE Energy's Trenton Channel Power Plant was a longtime coal-fired generating station on the Detroit River (retired around 2022-2023).
• Corewell Health Trenton (formerly Beaumont/Oakwood) hospital is a major local healthcare employer.

Community Life in Trenton

• Roar on the River, an annual APBA hydroplane boat-racing weekend held at Elizabeth Park, is billed as Downriver's premier summer event with high-speed racing, live music and food.
• Trenton Summer Festival (held the last weekend of June) and "Taste of Trenton" are staple community events, along with a Country Christmas celebration.
• The Art Deco Trenton Village Theatre, designed by noted architect Charles N. Agree, anchors the downtown arts scene.

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