Claxton is a city in Evans County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,602 in 2020. It is the county seat of Evans County.
Claxton Post Office
The water tower for Claxton, Georgia, celebrating its fruitcake manufacture.
Evans County is a county in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,774. The county seat is Claxton. A bill creating the county was passed in the Georgia General Assembly on August 11, 1914, and later, on November 3, 1914, an amendment was ratified by a vote of the people which formally created the county. Evans became part of the Statesboro micropolitan area in 2023, joining Bulloch County.
Milky quartz sample
Stewartia pseudocamellia
Bales of hay adjacent to a pecan tree orchard outside of Claxton, Georgia in Evans County
U.S. Representative from Hagan, Georgia