Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Claxton, GA

Claxton is a city in southeast Georgia and the county seat of Evans County, founded in May 1890 when the Savannah and Western Railroad came through the area.

The town was born from a bargain: store owner W. R. Hendricks and his parents, Glenn and Nancy Hendricks, granted the railroad a right-of-way across their land and promised a free well so steam trains could stop for water, and Nancy Hendricks then gave free lots to the first people who would build in the new town.

Claxton was incorporated in 1911 and is traditionally said to be named for Kate Claxton, a popular stage actress of the era.

Claxton had a population of 2,602 at the 2020 census.

Claxton bills itself as 'The Fruitcake Capital of the World,' thanks to the Claxton Bakery and the Georgia Fruitcake Company, which ship the famous Claxton Fruit Cake across the country.

The fruitcake tradition began with Albert Parker, who started baking in Claxton in 1910 at age eleven for an Italian immigrant baker, bought the bakery in 1945, and built the Claxton Fruit Cake into a nationally marketed brand sold by civic clubs as a fundraiser.

Even the city's water tower is painted to celebrate its fruitcake manufacture.

Evans County was created in 1914 from parts of Bulloch and Tattnall counties and named for Clement Evans, a Confederate general; its first courthouse, built in Claxton in 1923, still stands.

Claxton hosts Evans County's annual Rattlesnake Roundup, an event held since 1968.

Agriculture has long been the backbone of the local economy, with peanuts, corn and tobacco among the region's traditional crops, and Evans County counted 10,774 residents in the 2020 census.