West Trenton, New Jersey

West Trenton is an unincorporated community within Ewing Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.

[2] Located at the intersection of Bear Tavern Road/Grand Avenue and West Upper Ferry Road, it is one of the oldest settlements in Ewing Township.

[3] Today, West Trenton is primarily a residential neighborhood consisting of a mixture of detached, single-family homes and semi-attached, half-duplexes, the majority of which were built from the early 1900s through the 1950s.

[4] It is home to the New Jersey State Police Headquarters, Trenton–Mercer Airport, Trenton Country Club,[5] New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company, The Homasote Company, The Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf,[6] and the nearby Villa Victoria Academy, a Catholic primary and secondary school for girls.

During World War II, the TBM version of the Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber was produced here for the United States Navy.

Map of New Jersey highlighting Mercer County