For the community of the same name in McMinn County, see Claxton, McMinn County, TennesseeClaxton is an unincorporated community in Anderson County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The name "Claxton" is generally applied to the unincorporated part of Anderson County south of the city of Clinton and northeast of the city of Oak Ridge, centered on the intersection of Clinton Highway (U.S. Route 25W and State Route 9) with State Route 170 (Edgemoor Road and Raccoon Valley Road).