The story
Read it all →How Trent Woods came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Trent Woods.
The Dr. Earl S. Sloan House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quick answers
How Trent Woods began
When was Trent Woods founded?
1959
Trent Woods dates its founding to 1959 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1960.
First census: 517 in 19602020 census: 4,07467 years
How historic is Trent Woods?
D
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 8% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikidata.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Trent Woods’ History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Trent Woods is more historic than 8% of U.S. towns, #247 of 290 in North Carolina. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Trent Woods’ overall grade.
Founding era1959, from Wikidata: founded 1945 or later, an older era than 2% of U.S. townsD−Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±0.7) · typical NC town 4.1% · U.S. 8.4%D−National Register1 listing, 2.5 per 10,000 residents · typical NC town 12.5 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 8%
NewerOlder
North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 15%
North Carolina towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical North Carolina town has 12.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Trent Woods’ 2.5 sits near the middle of its state (42% of North Carolina towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1959.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share (±0.7 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Trent Woods’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Trent Woods’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Trent Woods’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Old corners
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Country Club ParkCreekwoodEdgewoodFox HollowGreenwoodHolly HillsManning ParkTrent ShoresWilson Creek Heights
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Trent Woods on the map, 1901 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Trent Woods. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1901New Bern sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Trent Woods.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the National Register
1 historic place in Trent Woods
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
Dr. Earl S. Sloan House
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Colonial Revival1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Trent Woods, census by census
Between 517 and 4,192 people in every census since 1960.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Trent Woods’ Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Trent Woods
Nobody well known was born in Trent Woods itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Maddie HassonAmerican actress · b. 1995
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Dennis MitchellAmerican track and field athlete, Olympic gold … · b. 1966
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Trent Woods’ history
What year was Trent Woods founded?
In 1959, according to Wikidata. the census of 1960 counted 517 people here.
How does Trent Woods rank for history?
Trent Woods is more historic than 8% of U.S. towns, #247 of 290 in North Carolina. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Trent Woods?
One place: the Dr. Earl S. Sloan House (listed 1986).
How old are the homes in Trent Woods?
0.0% of Trent Woods’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 4.1% for a North Carolina town; the median home was built in 1977.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.