Claxton may refer to:
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Claxton, County Durham
Claxton is a civil parish in County Durham, England. It is located to the south west of Hartlepool, and mostly separated from the neighbouring parish of Greatham by the A689 road. It had a population of 25 at the 2001 Census.
History
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Claxton, Norfolk
Claxton is a small village south-east of Norwich, and south of the River Yare, between Rockland St. Mary and Loddon in South Norfolk, England. In the 2001 census it contained 85 households and a population of 244, the population increasing t ...
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Claxton, North Yorkshire
Claxton is a village and part of the Claxton & Sand Hutton civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the A64 road and north-east of York.
History
The village is mentioned twice in the ''Domesday Book'' as '' ...
, England
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Claxton, Georgia
Claxton is a city in Evans County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,746 at the 2010 census, up from 2,276 in 2000. It is the county seat of Evans County.
History
The town had its visionary, W.R. Hendricks. In May 1890 there were only a ...
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** the Claxton meteorite of 1984, which fell in Georgia, United States (see
meteorite falls
A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a "find". There are more than 1,100 documented falls listed in w ...
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Claxton, Kentucky
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Claxton, Anderson County, Tennessee
Claxton is an unincorporated community in Anderson County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
The name "Claxton" is generally applied to the unincorporated part of Anderson County south of the city of Clinton and northeast of the city of Oak Ridg ...
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Claxton, McMinn County, Tennessee
Other uses
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Claxton (surname)
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Claxton Shield
The Claxton Shield was the name of the premier baseball competition in Australia held between state-based teams, as well as the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team. From the summer of 1989–90 until 2001–02, and again since 2010â ...
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Claxton Bakery
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Claxton Castle
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USS ''Claxton'' (DD-571)
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USS ''Claxton'' (DD-140)
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