Axton is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Henry County,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

, United States. Axton is located on U.S. Route 58, east-southeast of Martinsville. Axton has a

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with ZIP code 24054, which opened on July 17, 1882. Axton Elementary School and Carlisle School is located in Axton.

Notable person

* J. C. Martin, baseball player who was a major league catcher for fourteen seasons

References

Unincorporated communities in Henry County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{HenryCountyVA-geo-stub