Paxton is a city in and the county seat of Ford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,450 at the 2020 census.
View of Downtown Paxton
Paxton has several bridges over the Canadian National (Illinois Central) mainline.
Paxton, Illinois post office.
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. Its county seat is Paxton. Ford County was part of the Champaign–Urbana, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area until 2018, when the Office of Management and Budget removed the county from the area.
Ford County Courthouse in Paxton