Trenton is a town in Jones County, North Carolina, United States.

[4] Trenton is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 238 people, 119 households, and 86 families residing in the town.

About 18.8% of families and 20.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 9.8% of those 65 or over.