Welcome to Maxtown ...

So far, we found very little information about Maxtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Maxtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Maxtown, please Contact Us.

Maxtown would have been located within present day Delaware County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maxtown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Time Zone: The area where Maxtown was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Maxtown was located: 614

The community of Maxtown has also been called Maxwell Corners. and Maxwell. For more information about the names of Maxtown, see The Names of Maxtown on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Maxtown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Maxtown.

• Columbus
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Columbus is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 903,852 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Columbus
  • From Maxtown to Columbus
• Dublin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
  • Dublin is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,372 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <3>
• Delaware
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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  • Delaware is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,607 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delaware <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Delaware
  • From Maxtown to Delaware
• Reynoldsburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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  • Reynoldsburg is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,374 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reynoldsburg <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Reynoldsburg
  • From Maxtown to Reynoldsburg
• Hilliard
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
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  • Hilliard is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,797 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hilliard <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hilliard
  • From Maxtown to Hilliard
• Gahanna
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gahanna have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahanna
  • Gahanna is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gahanna <3>
• Upper Arlington
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Arlington
  • Upper Arlington is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,369 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upper Arlington <3>
• Pickerington
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
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  • Pickerington is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,835 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pickerington <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pickerington
  • From Maxtown to Pickerington
• Whitehall
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
  • Whitehall is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,908 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehall <3>
• Pataskala
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pataskala have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataskala
  • Pataskala is located in Licking County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,010 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pataskala <3>

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 Maxtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Maxtown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Maxtown. 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 Maxtown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Maxtown. See our Newspapers Page for Maxtown.

Adding Maxtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maxtown in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Maxtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Maxtown post office opened in 1883.

We also found Maxtown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maxtown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Delaware County: www.co.delaware.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/