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Lexington
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independent city in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- County
- None ( independent city )
- Mayor
- Frank W Friedman
- City manager
- Jim Halasz
- Commissioner of revenue
- Karen T. Roundy
- Treasurer
- Patricia DeLaney
- City attorney
- Jeremy Carroll, Esquire
- Total
- 2.53 sq mi (6.54 km )
- Land
- 2.50 sq mi (6.47 km )
- Water
- 0.027 sq mi (0.07 km )
- Elevation
- 1,063 ft (324 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 7,769
- Density
- 2,930/sq mi (1,130/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 51-45512
- Website
- Lexington, Virginia
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lexington
- Population
- 7320
- Area
- 6.536303
- Elevation
- 324
- Official website
- www.lexingtonva.gov
- Image
- South Main Street, Lexington, VA - looking north.jpg
- Households
- 2066
- Dialing code
- 540
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- native label
- Lexington
- Commons category
- Lexington, Virginia
- postal code
- 24450
- inception
- 1777-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.0471
- per capita income
- 20638
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Article
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. Lexington is within the Shenandoah Valley about 57 miles (92 km) east of the West Virginia border and is about 50 miles (80 km) north of Roanoke, Virginia. First settled in 1778, Lexington is best known as the home of the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University.
History