Lexington
Lexington is the second largest city in Kentucky, located in the Bluegrass Region. Known as the Horse Capital of the World, Lexington has traditionally been dominated by the horse industry and is also heavily influenced by the University of Kentucky, the state's flagship university and the largest employer in the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Henry Clay High School and Tates Creek High School.
Henry Clay High School
School
Henry Clay High School is an American public high school in Lexington, Kentucky. Opened on Main Street in 1928, it was named in honor of the Kentuckian and United States statesman, Henry Clay.
Tates Creek High School
School building
Tates Creek High School is a public school in Lexington, Kentucky. The school is one of six high schools in the Fayette County Public Schools district.
Kroger Field
Stadium
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Kroger Field, also known as Commonwealth Stadium, is a stadium in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, located on the campus of the University of Kentucky that primarily serves as the home field for the Kentucky Wildcats football team. Kroger Field is situated 3 miles northwest of Lexington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gainesway and Lansdowne.
Gainesway
Hamlet
Gainesway is a neighborhood in southeastern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are New Circle Road to the north, Tates Creek Road to the west, Armstrong Mill Road to the south, and a combination of Pimlico Parkway and Bold Bidder Drive to the east.
Lansdowne
Neighborhood
Lansdowne is a neighborhood in southeast Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are Tates Creek Road to the east, New Circle Road to the south, and its western border is a combination of Belvoir Dr / Malabu Dr, Larkin Rd, Heather Way, and Melbourne Way.
Lexington
- Type: Locality with 320,000 residents
- Postal codes: 40502-40517, 40522-40524, 40526, 40533, 40536, 40544, 40546, 40550, 40555, 40574-40583, 40588, and 40591
- Location: Fayette, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Lexington” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليكسينغتون”
- Azerbaijani: “Leksinqton”
- Bulgarian: “Лексингтън”
- Chinese: “列克星敦”
- Dutch: “Lexington”
- Esperanto: “Leksingtono”
- Finnish: “Lexington”
- French: “Lexington”
- Georgian: “ლექსინგტონი”
- German: “Lexington”
- Hebrew: “לקסינגטון”
- Ido: “Lexington”
- Japanese: “レキシントン”
- Kazakh: “Лексингтон”
- Korean: “렉싱턴”
- Latin: “Lexintonia”
- Latvian: “Leksingtona”
- Lithuanian: “Leksingtonas”
- Malayalam: “ലെക്സിങ്ടൺ”
- Marathi: “लेक्सिंग्टन”
- Persian: “لکسینگتون، کنتاکی”
- Polish: “Lexington”
- Russian: “Лексингтон”
- Serbian: “Лексингтон”
- Spanish: “Lexington”
- Swedish: “Lexington”
- Tagalog: “Lexington-Fayette”
- Ukrainian: “Лексингтон”
- Urdu: “لیکسنگٹن، کینٹکی”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include David R Atchison Historical Marker and Lake Hickman.
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