New Trenton

New Trenton, Franklin County, Indiana

 

Subject:                           New Trenton, Indiana

Erected by:                  

 Franklin County Historical Society, 1968

 
Located: 

Northeast side of Highway 52 on the North end of the town, New Trenton, Franklin County, Indiana
Text: 

Through this natural portal a great tide of Immigrants first entered the Whitewater Valley.  On May 25th, 1803 Benjamin McCarty Made the first land entry on this site inWhat would later become Franklin County.

 New Trenton, platted in 1816, was an Important “point” on the old Whitewater Canal. Rockafellar and Manwarring Taverns were very popular in the early 19th century.  The Manwarring Tavern also served as a Methodist “meeting house” on Sundays.