Paxton
- Local Government Area
- Cessnock
- Postcode
- 2325
- Population
- 1,215
- Area
- 4.32 km²
- Coordinates
- -32.9039, 151.2847
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Paxton
Paxton is a village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located 108 kilometres north of Sydney within the City of Cessnock. Established in 1922 as a model township for the South Maitland coalfields, it retains a rural village character. The Austar coal mine operated nearby from 1916 to 2020, and the village has a significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
Nearby localities
- Greta Main 2 km
- Pelton 4 km
- Millfield 4 km
- Ellalong 4 km
- Bellbird 6 km
- Mount View 6 km