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People and fictional characters

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Paxton (name) Paxton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Bill Paxton (1955–2017), American actor * Brady Paxton (1947–2024), American politician from West Virginia * Elisha F. Paxton (1828–1863), American Civ ...
, a list of people and fictional characters with either the surname or given name * Senator Paxton (disambiguation)


Places

* Paxton High School (disambiguation) * Paxton House (disambiguation) * Paxton Township (disambiguation)


Australia

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Paxton, New South Wales Paxton is a village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to ...


United Kingdom

* Paxton, Scottish Borders


United States

* Paxton, California * Paxton, Florida *
Paxton, Illinois Paxton is a city in and the county seat of Ford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,450 at the 2020 census. History The town was initially named Prairie City in the late 1840s, then Prospect City by an Illinois Central Railr ...
* Paxton, Indiana *
Paxton, Massachusetts Paxton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,004 at the 2020 census. History Paxton was first settled by Europeans in 1749 and was officially incorporated in 1765. It was previously occupied by the ...
* Paxton, Michigan *
Paxton, Nebraska Paxton is a village in Keith County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 523 at the 2010 census. History Paxton, Nebraska, originally known as Alkali, owes its early existence to the construction of the first Transcontinental Railroad i ...
* Paxton, West Virginia * Paxton Township, Minnesota * Paxton Township, Ross County, Ohio *
Paxton Creek Paxton Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The Paxton Cre ...
, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania


Businesses

* Paxton Automotive, an American manufacturer of automotive superchargers *
Paxton Hotel The Paxton Hotel, formerly known as Paxton Manor and currently known as The Paxton, is located at 1403 Farnam Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Designed by local architect Joseph G. McArthur, the current building was constructed i ...
, formerly Paxton Manor and currently The Paxton, in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. *
Paxton Media Group Paxton Media Group of Paducah, Kentucky, is a privately held media company with holdings that include newspapers and a TV station, WPSD-TV in Paducah. David M. Paxton is president and CEO. The company owns 32 daily newspapers and numerous wee ...
, an American media company


Other uses

* ''Paxton'' (fish), a genus of fish from the family ''Apogonidae'' *
Paxton (soil) The Paxton soil series was established in Worcester County, Massachusetts in 1922, and is named for the town of Paxton where it was first described and mapped, and is the state soil of Massachusetts. Taxonomic classification Coarse-loamy, mixed ...
, the state soil of Massachusetts *
Paxton man-powered aircraft The Paxton man-powered aircraft was the project of architect Tony Paxton, to create a compact human-powered aircraft, suitable for sports flying. It was a low-wing monoplane, but mounted on top of a tall undercarriage off the ground. The ai ...
, a British sporting human-powered aircraft


See also

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Great Paxton Great Paxton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It is in Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic counties of England, historic county of England. The village lies ...
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Little Paxton Little Paxton in Cambridgeshire, England is a village and civil parish that lies south of Huntingdon and north of St Neots. It is in the district and historic county of Huntingdonshire. Until the 1970s it was a minor village and the church wa ...
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Paxton House, Berwickshire Paxton House is a historic house at Paxton, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, a few miles south-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, overlooking the River Tweed. It is a country house built for Patrick Home of Billie in an unsuccessful attempt to ...
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Paxton's Tower Paxton's Tower is a Neo-Gothic folly erected in honour of Lord Nelson. It is situated on the top of a hill near Llanarthney in the River Tywi valley in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is a visitor attraction that can be combined with a visit to the nea ...
, near the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carmarthenshire, Wales *
Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania Lower Paxton is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 53,514 at the 2020 census. It is the most populous municipality in Dauphin County and the 17th-most populated municipality in the state. Lower Pax ...
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Middle Paxton Township, Pennsylvania Middle Paxton Township is a township (Pennsylvania), township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,054 at the 2020 census. History In 1729 Paxtang Township of Lancaster County, Penns ...
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Upper Paxton Township, Pennsylvania Upper Paxton Township is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,008 at the 2020 census. History The Paxtang Township of Lancaster County was established in 1729. The spelling "Paxtang" is from the orig ...
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