Claxton is supervised by the Evans County School District. The current superintendent is Dr. Marty Waters. All schools have been fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as well as the Georgia Accrediting Commission. The public schools in Claxton are Claxton Elementary School, Claxton Middle School, and Claxton High School. Pinewood Christian Academy was founded in Bellville, Georgia, in 1970. It serves Pre-K4 through 12th grade. Claxton Fruit Cake The city is known as the home of the Claxton Fruit Cake which is exported from the Claxton Bakery and the Georgia Fruitcake Company. (See fruitcake.) Media Claxton and Evans County are well served by locally owned and operated radio and newspaper. WCLA Radio broadcasts on 93.7 FM and on 1470 AM. WCLA was known for years as the "World's Only Drive-In Radio Station" as it was based in the large screen of Claxton's Tos Drive-In Theatre. Claxton Enterprise has been published since 1912, before the creation of Evans County. Local cable television service is provided by Comcast Xfinity. WLFH-FM (88.9) and WMCD-FM (107.3), while legally licensed to Claxton by the Federal Communications Commission, have offices or studios outside Evans County: WLFH-FM is based in Savannah and WMCD-FM in Statesboro. Claxton meteorite On December 10, 1984, a meteorite fell in Claxton and hit a mailbox. The mailbox sold for $83,000 because it is said to be the only mailbox a meteorite has struck. The meteorite was classified as an L6. Notable people Joe Odom, musician, featured in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Dekle DeLoach, FBI second in command to J. Edgar Hoover, VP Pepsi Cola Brooke Anderson, entertainment journalist of Showbiz Today and Entertainment Tonight References External links Claxton Enterprise, local newspaper Claxton-Evans County Chamber of Commerce Claxton Fruit Cake Company Claxton First United Methodist Church historical marker Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Cities in Evans County, Georgia County seats in Georgia (U.S. state) Populated places established in 1890 1890 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)