Trenton, SC

Trenton is a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 200 residents. Bettis Academy and Junior College and Marshfield, a historic plantation house with outbuilding and cemetery, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Painter Wenonah Bell was born in Trenton. The through line in Trenton is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Trenton makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. South Carolina Highway 121 passes through the western side of the town, intersecting U.S. Route 25 at the southwest corner of the town. US 25 leads northwest 6 miles to Edgefield, the county seat, and southwest 20 miles to Augusta, Georgia, while SC 121 leads northeast 8 miles to Johnston.