Claxton
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county seat in Evans County, Georgia, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Evans
- Founded
- May 1890
- Incorporated
- April 1894
- Mayor
- Terry Branch
- City clerk
- Gayle Durrence
- City administrator
- Gayle Durrence
- Total
- 1.75 sq mi (4.54 km )
- Land
- 1.74 sq mi (4.50 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
- Elevation
- 184 ft (56 m)
- Density
- 1,497/sq mi (577.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 30414, 30417
- Fips code
- 13-16600
- Gnis feature id
- 0312697
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Claxton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Evans County
- Population
- 2602
- Area
- 4.540764
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Evans County
- Image
- ClaxtonCityHall.png
- Households
- 901
- Dialing code
- 912
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- Commons category
- Claxton, Georgia
- inception
- 1890-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.8377
- per capita income
- 17717
- postal code
- 30417
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Encyclopedic overview
Claxton is a city in Evans County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,602 in 2020. It is the county seat of Evans County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Claxton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.