Paxton

Paxton

English

Etymology

Old English Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) Pæcc”).

Proper noun

Paxton

1. A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.
2. An English habitational surname from Old English.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city, the county seat of Ford County, Illinois; named for English gardener and architect Joseph Paxton.
   2. A town in Florida.
   3. A town in Massachusetts; named for Charles Paxton, a marshal of an admiralty court.
   4. A village in Nebraska; named for rancher W. A. Paxton.
   5. A census-designated place in Plumas County, California.
   6. An unincorporatedcommunity in Indiana.
   7. An unincorporatedcommunity in West Virginia.
5. A village in New South Wales, Australia.

Derived terms

• Great Paxton