Paulton is an unincorporated community in eastern Williamson County, Illinois.

[1] A post office by that name was established 24 September 1921, but it discontinued operations 31 July 1925.

[2] A feature about the community is that after the adoption of a county-wide 9-1-1 emergency response system in the mid 1990s, names had to be officially given to all the county roads and streets in unincorporated places.

In the end, since Paulton meant Paul's Town, that provided the theme for the final street names.

Today the interior streets of the community are named McCartney (for the singer), Simon (for both the singer and the senator), Saint (for the early Christian Apostle), Pope (for the many Catholic leaders so named), Revere (for the patriot) and Newman (for the actor).