Marker #18-9 : The Village of Trenton / The Elk Creek Baptist Church = &=20 Cemetery
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Side A : "The Village of Trenton"
Trenton's founder, Michael = Pearce,=20 came to the area in 1801. The original village of 33 lots was named = Bloomfield.=20 When the post office was established in 1820, it was named Trenton to = honor the=20 founder's home state of New Jersey. Pearce's son-in-law, Squier Littell, = was the=20 first resident doctor in Butler County. Originally settled by the = English,=20 Trenton saw a migration of Germans by 1840. By 1851, the farming = community=20 became a grain center with the introduction of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, = and=20 Dayton Railroad. Further development occurred when a franchise was = granted to=20 operate interurban electric traction cars through the village in 1896. = Early=20 commercial endeavors were Dietz, Good & Company grain elevator, = Trenton=20 Foundry, and Magnode Corporation. By 1991, the largest industries were = Miller=20 Brewing Company and Cinergy/Cincinnati Gas & Electric.Side B : "The Elk Creek Baptist Church & Cemetery"
Elder = Stephen=20 Gard, Michael Pearce's son-in-law, organized Trenton's first church, Elk = Creek=20 Baptist, in 1802. It was the earliest church organized in Butler County. = Deacon=20 Michael Pearce, founder of Trenton, donated ground for both the church = and=20 cemetery. The first burial was that of Phebe Gard, Stephen Gard's = sister, in=20 1804. Both Michael Pearce and his wife Phebe Pearce are buried there. = Elder Gard=20 was the pastor for 39 years and went on to found many of the Baptist = churches in=20 the Miami Valley. The cemetery is now called the Pioneer Cemetery and is = no=20 longer used for burials. In the beginning, a log building served the = small=20 congregation. By 1820, the log building was replaced with a brick = structure,=20 which was forty feet wide and sixty feet long and accommodated 250 = people. The=20 congregation disbanded circa 1900. In 1924, the building was demolished. =Latitude / Longitude
39.479957 =C2=B0 / -84.45854 =C2=B0 -Address
1 S. Main StreetTrenton, OH 45067
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