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Foxton is a town in the North Island of New Zealand. It is in the Horowhenua region.
The 2001 census population was 4,617 people .
Foxton was named after Sir William Fox, and has a history of flax stripping, which was used to make rope, baskets and other tools.
There is now a large Dutch windmill that makes stone-ground flour.
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