Updated February 16th, 2018

Paxton, IL

http://www.cityofpaxton.com
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Unlike many towns along the Illinois Central Railroad Paxton was settled originally by Swedish who settled nearby along a road that was leading out of Danville, IL. The town really came together along the Illinois Central which is why Paxton ended up a few miles away from the original settlement... so not to say the railroad and the towns placement doesn't have a relation, but rather that Paxton was not an area where land was directly sold and settled by the railroad. It was 1859 when the name Paxton came about and 1871 for it become the City of Paxton. Much like Monee, IL; Paxton, IL has a trench dug through town that the Illinois Central runs through. 3 bridges connect the town over the tracks and to-date the city remains busy.