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Lexington
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city in and county seat of Holmes County, Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Holmes
- Mayor
- Percy L. Washington
- Total
- 2.42 sq mi (6.27 km )
- Land
- 2.42 sq mi (6.26 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 233 ft (71 m)
- Density
- 662.7/sq mi (255.86/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-40600
- Gnis feature id
- 0672434
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Lexington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Holmes County
- Population
- 1602
- Area
- 6.27096
- Elevation
- 71
- Capital of
- Holmes County
- Image
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Lexington, Mississippi) 01.jpg
- Households
- 605
- Dialing code
- 662
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lexington, Mississippi
- postal code
- 39095
- Commons category
- Lexington, Mississippi
- P8168
- Becky Hammon
- water as percent of area
- 0.156
- different from
- Lexington
- per capita income
- 27134
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lexington is a city in and the county seat of Holmes County, Mississippi, United States. The county was organized in 1833 and the city in 1836. As of the 2020 census, Lexington had a population of 1,602. It has declined from its high of 3,198 in 1950 due to the expansion of industrial-scale agriculture.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lexington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.