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History · Trent

Trent’s post office opened in 1875

Most of Trent was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1955 on.

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How Trent began

When was Trent founded?

1875

The Trent post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Rattlesnake (1868), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 339151 years
Founding year: the first Trent post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Trent’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Trent are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Trent, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Trent yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Trent is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Trent had a population of 339. The CDP is in central Lane County, along Rattlesnake Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the Middle Fork Willamette River. The Middle Fork forms the northeast boundary of the CDP. Oregon Route 58 runs through the southern part of Trent, leading northwest 14 miles (23 km) to Eugene, the county seat. To the southeast, Route 58 immediately passes through Dexter and leads 27 miles (43 km) to Oakridge.

Its first post office opened in 1875.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Trent, 1868 to 1963

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Rattlesnake post office opens
  3. 1875Post officeThe Rattlesnake post office closes
  4. 1875Post officeThe Trent post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1963Post officeThe Trent post office closes
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On the map

Trent on the map, 1955 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Trent. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Trent on the 1955 USGS mapTrent on the 1986 USGS map1955Lowell sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Trent.

Famous people

Famous people close to Trent

Nobody well known was born in Trent itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Rebecca SchaefferActress · b. 1967
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Eric Christian OlsenAmerican actor · b. 1977
Mac WilkinsAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1950
Danny AingeAmerican basketball executive and former player… · b. 1959
Isaiah HartensteinGerman-American basketball player · b. 1998
James DuttonAmerican astronaut · b. 1968
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Trent had its own post office from 1875 to 1963. Another post office, Rattlesnake, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Rattlesnake
1868–1875
Trent
1875–1963
18601940today
Gone or out of use
Trent Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Trent’s history

What year was Trent founded?

The Trent post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.