Paxton
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city in Ford County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Ford
- Named after
- Joseph Paxton
- Total
- 3.04 sq mi (7.88 km )
- Land
- 3.03 sq mi (7.86 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 784 ft (239 m)
- Density
- 1,465.9/sq mi (565.98/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-58239
- Website
- http://www.cityofpaxton.com/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Paxton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ford County
- Population
- 4450
- Area
- 5.950474
- Elevation
- 798
- Capital of
- Ford County
- Official website
- www.paxtonil.com
- Image
- Paxton.jpg
- Households
- 1663
- Dialing code
- 217
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- Commons category
- Paxton, Illinois
- Commons gallery
- Paxton, Illinois
- postal code
- 60957
- inception
- 1859-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 26734
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paxton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.