Paxtonia, Pennsylvania

About Paxtonia

Paxtonia is a small unincorporated community in central Pennsylvania.

Paxtonia holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.31 square miles.

📰 Paxtonia News Today

• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Paxtonia, 17112, Pennsylvania - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 13
• Paxtonia Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
• Emergency crews respond to residential fire in Dauphin County fox43.com · May 12
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Paxtonia, Pennsylvania - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 9
• Bomb threat called in to Lower Paxton Township polling location WGAL · Nov 4

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Paxtonia Unique

• The only place in America named Paxtonia — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of Pennsylvania — one of 2,002 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Paxtonia

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Paxtonia

• Brother Joe's Pizza — pizza
• Noodles & Company — pasta
• Olive Garden — italian
• Shangrila Restaurant and Bar — asian
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Underdog Sports Bar & Grill — bar and grill
• Walnut Grove Smorgasbord — smorgasbord
• Hong Kong City — chinese
• Red Robin — burger
• Shogun Asian Fusion Hibachi and Sushi — japanese

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Paxtonia

• Lamplight Park reviews ★
• Thomas B. George park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Paxtonia

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