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Welcome to Paxton ...The city of Paxton is located in Ford County<1> and is the County Seat for Ford County. The location of Paxton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Paxton: PAKS-tuhn<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Paxton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Paxton has a population of 4,131 people<4> (see below for details). Paxton is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Paxton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Paxton (for example, toward Ambia (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Paxton is within the boundaries of the (217) area code. The ZIP code for Paxton: 60957<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Paxton had an population of 4,131 people. This is a decrease of 7.65% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.71% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Paxton had a population of 4,473 people (or 31.77% of the total population of Ford County). This makes Paxton the county's most populous community. The population of Paxton represents 0.03% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 349th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 4,473 people, the population of Paxton decreased 1.15% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,525 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Paxton. Communities Also Named Paxton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Paxton - they are located in California, Florida, Georgia (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Paxton. Communities near Paxton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Paxton.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Paxton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Paxton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Paxton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paxton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Paxton. Our list includes 16 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Paxton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Paxton ...Looking for more information about Paxton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Paxton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Paxton. Adding Paxton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Paxton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Paxton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Paxton in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Paxton. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Paxton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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