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Paxton has several bridges over the Canadian National (Illinois Central) mainline.. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Paxton has a total area of 3.04 square miles (7.87 km 2), of which 3.04 square miles (7.87 km 2) (or 99.77%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) (or 0.23%) is water.
Ford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois.According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 13,534. [1] Its county seat is Paxton. [2] Ford County was part of the Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area until 2018, when the Office of Management and Budget removed the county from the area.
Prior to their construction, Paxton had considerable difficulty with its water supply; a fire which destroyed much of the city's downtown in 1870 had been exacerbated by the fire department's low water supply, and an artesian well project started in 1872 was unsuccessful. The new water tower and pump house were the first in a series of ...
Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School is a public high school located in Paxton, Illinois. Founded in 1990, it serves the communities of Paxton, Buckley and Loda . PBL had an enrollment of 472 students for the 2016–17 school year.
The Paxton Carnegie Library is governed by a nine-member board of trustees which meets the first Wednesday of each month. Today, the library houses over 26,000 volumes, subscriptions to 73 periodicals for adults and 10 for children and 4 newspapers, 1,000 videos, 300 audio books, microfilm, vertical files, city and county history information ...
The Paxton First Schoolhouse, located at 406 E. Franklin St., is the oldest remaining building in Paxton, Illinois. Built in 1856-57, the building served as the first school in Paxton. It was also used as a church and a meeting hall by many of Paxton's early settlers.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10 is a unified school district centered in Paxton, is in rural area in Illinois, the county seat of the Illinois division of Ford County. It is composed of four schools, or two elementary schools, a middle school, and one high school.
Paxton Airport (FAA LID: 1C1) is a public use airport located 2 miles southwest of Paxton, Illinois, United States. The airport is publicly owned by the City of Paxton. [1] [2] [3] The airport has one runway, 18/36, which is 3,409 x 50 ft (1,039 x 15 m) and is paved with asphalt. There is a city-owned fixed-base operator on the airport offering ...