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 unincorporated community in Indiana.
    7. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  5. A village in New South Wales, Australia.

Derived terms

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