Welcome to Paxton ...So far, we found very little information about Paxton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Paxton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Paxton, please Contact Us. Paxton would have been located within present day Dawson County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Paxton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909. While the community is gone, the present day location for Paxton is 2,210 feet [674 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Paxton is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Paxton was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Paxton was located: 406 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), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), 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 8 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. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Paxton. See our Newspapers Page for Paxton. Adding Paxton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Paxton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Paxton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Paxton. Footnotes ...
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