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History · Paxville

Paxville’s post office opened in 1900

Most of Paxville was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1979 on and the census since 1910.

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How Paxville began

When was Paxville founded?

1900

The Paxville post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Packsville (1850), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 175 in 19102020 census: 232126 years
Founding year: the first Paxville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Paxville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Paxville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Paxville.

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Joseph Pack and his wife, Louisa Alexandria Pack, arrived in America from England in the year 1770. He became one of the most extensive land holders in the Carolina Low Country, having acquired more than 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of land. He helped found the town of Packsville (later renamed Paxville in 1902). Paxville is believed to be the oldest town in Clarendon County.

Some of the land grants given to Joseph Pack were from King George III the United Kingdom, while others were from the state of South Carolina. Some of the land grants in Paxville may have been given to Joseph as a result of his Revolutionary War service. There is a marker honoring Joseph Pack's service with the South Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Paxville, 1850 to 1979

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Packsville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Post officeThe Packsville post office closes
  5. 1900Post officeThe Paxville post office opens
  6. 1957Post officeThe Paxville post office closes
  7. 1979On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Paxville, decade by decade

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On the map

Paxville on the map in 1979

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Paxville.

Paxville on the 1979 USGS map1979Paxville sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Paxville.

People over time

Paxville, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 261

Between 170 and 261 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Paxville’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Paxville had its own post office from 1900 to 1957. Another post office, Packsville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Packsville
1850–1900
Paxville
1900–1957
18501940today
Gone or out of use
Paxville Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Paxville’s history

What year was Paxville founded?

The Paxville post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.