Trenton City Historical Markers

Map of Tennessee State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Trenton

Trenton City Historical Markers

Trenton Churches

Trenton First United Methodist Church

Rev. John F. Ford founded the Trenton church in 1827 with help of Olive Branch, the mother church. It was the first church built in Trenton in 1834; m... [click for more]

Trenton Schools

Peabody High School

Peabody High School is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Trenton Courthouse

Gibson County Courthouse

The Gibson County Courthouse, built in 1899, is the fourth one to have occupied this site. The first courthouse was a log structure built in 1824, the... [click for more]

Trenton Historic Homes & Houses

Col. Robert Z. Taylor House

Col. Robert Z. Taylor House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Female Collegiate Institute - Freed House

Friendship Lodge No. 22, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, founded the Odd Fellows Female Collegiate Institute here in 1852. During the Civil War, Fed... [click for more]

Julius Freed House

Julius Freed House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Trenton General Interest

C.S.A. Camp Trenton

Located 1.4 miles west of this site, Camp Trenton was a Confederate Army training camp in Gibson County. Colonel M. R. Hill's 47th Tennessee Infantry ... [click for more]

David Crockett

Pioneer ? Statesman ? Hero
Born August 17, 1786 ? Died March 6, 1836

Served three terms in the Congress of the
United Sta... [click for more]

Fighting for Trenton ? Forrest’s First West Tennessee Raid ?

Fighting for Trenton
Rifling the Courthouse
? Forrest's First West Tennessee Raid ?

(Prefa... [click for more]

Forrest at Trenton
Advancing along this route from Spring Creek in Madison County, December 20, 1862, part of Forrest's Brigade under his command captured the Federal ga... [click for more]

Trenton Historic District
Trenton Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

U.S. Post Office
U.S. Post Office is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]