Paxton, IN

Paxton is an unincorporated community in Haddon Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Paxton has nine cemeteries. With twenty known memorials, McClellan Snyder Cemetery EST 1821 with 238 known memorials, Neil-Paxton Cemetery EST 1821 with 225 known memorials, and the Providence Cemetery EST 1826 with 305 known memorials. The through line in Paxton is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Paxton makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The community is part of the Terre Haute metropolitan area. Paxton was laid out in 1868, and was named after James H. Paxton, a local merchant.