Paxton

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Paxton (countable and uncountable, plural Paxtons)

1. An English habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename:
   1. A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9353).
   2. 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 unincorporated community in Indiana.
      7. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
   3. A village in New South Wales, Australia.

Derived terms

• Great Paxton
• Lower Paxton

 

See also

• pax
• -ton
• town