Lexington
Lexington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,320. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County, although the two are separate jurisdictions, and is combined with it for statistical purposes by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
- Type: Town with 6,740 residents
- Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Leksingtono”, “Lexington (Virginia)”, “Lexington, VA”, “Lexington, Virginia”, “Municipalité de Lexington”, “Shrine of the South”, “كسينغتون (فيرجينيا)”, and “レクシントン”
- Postal code: 24450
Places of Interest
Highlights: Lexington Presbyterian Church and Stonewall Jackson House.
Stonewall Jackson House
Museum
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mechanicsville and Buena Vista.
Mechanicsville
Locality
Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. Mechanicsville is situated 5 miles south of Lexington.
Buena Vista
Town
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.Lexington
- Categories: independent city in the United States, county seat, independent city in Virginia, and locality
- Location: Lexington, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.78402° or 37° 47′ 3″ north
Longitude
-79.44282° or 79° 26′ 34″ west
Population
6,740
Elevation
1,063 feet (324 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US LXH
Open location code
8792QHM4+JV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Lexington” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Lexington, Virginië”
- Afrikaans: “Lexington”
- Arabic: “كسينغتون”
- Armenian: “Լեքսինգտոն”
- Azerbaijani: “Leksinqton”
- Basque: “Lexington city konderria”
- Bavarian: “Lexington City”
- Bavarian: “Lexington, Virginia”
- Belarusian: “Лексінгтан”
- Bulgarian: “Лексингтън”
- Catalan: “Lexington”
- Cebuano: “Lexington (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
- Cebuano: “Lexington”
- Chechen: “Лексингтон”
- Chinese: “列克星敦”
- Chinese: “勒星頓”
- Chinese: “萊辛頓”
- Czech: “Lexington”
- Danish: “Lexington”
- Dutch: “Lexington”
- Esperanto: “Lexington”
- Finnish: “Lexington”
- French: “Lexington”
- Georgian: “ლექსინგტონი”
- German: “Lexington”
- Gilaki: “لکسینگتن”
- Greek: “Λέξινγκτον”
- Haitian: “Lexington, Vijini”
- Haitian: “Lexington”
- Hebrew: “לקסינגטון”
- Hungarian: “Lexington”
- Indonesian: “Lexington, Virginia”
- Indonesian: “Lexington”
- Irish: “Lexington”
- Italian: “Lexington”
- Japanese: “レキシントン”
- Korean: “렉싱턴”
- Ladin: “Lexington”
- Low German: “Lexington”
- Luxembourgish: “Lexington”
- Malagasy: “Lexington, Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Lexington”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lexington”
- Norwegian: “Lexington”
- Persian: “لکسینگتون، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “لکسینگتون”
- Polish: “Lexington”
- Portuguese: “Lexington”
- Russian: “Лексингтон”
- Serbian: “Лексингтон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lexington, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lexington”
- Silesian: “Lexington”
- Slovak: “Lexington”
- Slovenian: “Lexington”
- Spanish: “Lexington”
- Swedish: “Lexington, Virginia”
- Swedish: “Lexington”
- Talysh: “Leksington”
- Tatar: “Лексингтон (Вирджиния)”
- Tatar: “Лексингтон”
- Turkish: “Lexington, Virginia”
- Turkish: “Lexington”
- Ukrainian: “Лексінгтон”
- Urdu: “لیکسنگٹن، ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “لیکسنگٹن”
- Vietnamese: “Lexington, Virginia”
- Vietnamese: “Lexington”
- Volapük: “Lexington”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lexington, Virginia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lexington”
- Welsh: “Lexington”
- “Lexington”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: West Lexington and East Lexington.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tommy’s Arcade and R/C State Cinema 3.
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Worth a closer look: Richmond and Arlington.
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