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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="لکسینقتون، تنسی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لکسینقتون، تنسی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(kapital_sa_kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Tennessee)" title="Lexington (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Tennessee) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lexington (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Tennessee" title="Lexington, Tennessee – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Lexington, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="لکسینگتون، تنسی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لکسینگتون، تنسی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Tennessee" title="Lexington, Tennessee – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Lexington, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Tennessee" title="Lexington, Tennessee – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Lexington, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Tennessee" title="Lexington, Tennessee – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Lexington, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)" title="لكسينجتون (هندرسون) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لكسينجتون (هندرسون)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Лексингтон (Теннесси) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Лексингтон (Теннесси)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(Tennessee)" title="Lexington (Tennessee) – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Lexington (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Лексингтон (Тенеси) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Лексингтон (Тенеси)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Tennessee" title="Lexington, Tennessee – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Lexington, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Tennessee" title="Lexington, Tennessee – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Lexington, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Лексингтон (Теннесси) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Лексингтон (Теннесси)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Tennessee" title="Lexington, Tennessee – Turkish" lang="tr" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Lexington_former_post_office_38351.jpg/250px-Lexington_former_post_office_38351.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Lexington_former_post_office_38351.jpg/375px-Lexington_former_post_office_38351.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Lexington_former_post_office_38351.jpg/500px-Lexington_former_post_office_38351.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Former post office in Lexington</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output 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class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henderson_County_Tennessee_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Lexington_Highlighted_4741980.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Henderson County, Tennessee"><img alt="Location in Henderson County, Tennessee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Henderson_County_Tennessee_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Lexington_Highlighted_4741980.svg/250px-Henderson_County_Tennessee_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Lexington_Highlighted_4741980.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="121" class="mw-file-element" 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sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Tennessee" title="List of counties in Tennessee">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Tennessee" title="Henderson County, Tennessee">Henderson</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Jeff Griggs</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">11.88 sq mi (30.78 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">11.71 sq mi (30.32 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.18 sq mi (0.46 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">522 ft (159.1 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7,956</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">679.59/sq mi (262.40/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a 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class="infobox-data">47-41980<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">1291101<sup id="cite_ref-GR3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lexingtontn.gov">www<wbr />.lexingtontn<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lexington</b> is a city in <a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Tennessee" title="Henderson County, Tennessee">Henderson County, Tennessee</a>, United States. Lexington is midway between <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a>, lying 10 miles (16 km) south of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_40" title="Interstate 40">Interstate 40</a>, which connects the two cities. The population was 7,956 at the 2020 census.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2020_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2020-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of Henderson County.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shortly after the 1821 creation of Henderson County, a site near its center was chosen as a <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a>, and was named in honor of <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Massachusetts" title="Lexington, Massachusetts">Lexington, Massachusetts</a>, site of the first battle of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Land Grant holder Samuel Wilson gave the land for the town, retaining a lot on the square where his house was already situated. The square is oriented so the corners point to the cardinal points on the compass.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The first <a href="/wiki/County_courthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="County courthouse">county courthouse</a> was built in 1823; Lexington was incorporated in 1824 and by 1830 had a population of 260. </p><p>As the lead-up to the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> began, Henderson County voted against <a href="/wiki/Secession" title="Secession">secession</a>. As the war progressed, both <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> regiments were recruited in the county. The area in and around Lexington was the site of a skirmish on December 18, 1862. Union Colonel Robert Ingersoll sent his troops to destroy a bridge over <a href="/wiki/Beech_Creek,_Tennessee" title="Beech Creek, Tennessee">Beech Creek</a> to disallow the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate</a> army moving into the area. However, Ingersoll's troops did not destroy the bridge, and General <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest" title="Nathan Bedford Forrest">Nathan Bedford Forrest</a>'s troops headed into Lexington. Forrest's troops overtook the Union soldiers, taking over 140 men, including Colonel Ingersoll, and collected artillery and supplies left behind by Union soldiers who escaped.<sup id="cite_ref-RebelsRout_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RebelsRout-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1918, an African-American man called Berry Noyse who was accused of killing the sheriff was <a href="/wiki/Lynching_in_the_United_States" title="Lynching in the United States">lynched</a> by a mob in the courthouse square and burned in the street.<sup id="cite_ref-lynching13_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lynching13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lexington is in central Henderson County. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_412" title="U.S. Route 412">U.S. Route 412</a> (Church Street) is the main road through the city, leading east 85 miles (137 km) to <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia</a> and west 27 miles (43 km) to <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_22" title="Tennessee State Route 22">Tennessee State Route 22</a> (Broad Street) crosses US 412 in the center of Lexington, leading north 9 miles (14 km) to <a href="/wiki/Interstate_40" title="Interstate 40">Interstate 40</a> at <a href="/wiki/Parkers_Crossroads,_Tennessee" title="Parkers Crossroads, Tennessee">Parkers Crossroads</a> and south 20 miles (32 km) to <a href="/wiki/Milledgeville,_Tennessee" title="Milledgeville, Tennessee">Milledgeville</a>. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, Lexington has a total area of 12.4 square miles (32.2 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 12.2 square miles (31.7 km<sup>2</sup>) are land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km<sup>2</sup>), or 1.34%, are water.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Beech_River" title="Beech River">Beech River</a>, an east-flowing tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_River" title="Tennessee River">Tennessee River</a>, runs through the southwestern part of the city. </p><p>Lexington is 7 miles (11 km) southwest of <a href="/wiki/Natchez_Trace_State_Park" title="Natchez Trace State Park">Natchez Trace State Park</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Lexington, Tennessee, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1962–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.4<br />(20.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.6<br />(22.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.9<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.3<br />(29.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.9<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.9<br />(34.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.3<br />(35.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.7<br />(35.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.7<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.0<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.9<br />(25.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.0<br />(20.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">98.4<br />(36.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.9<br />(8.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.7<br />(11.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.7<br />(16.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.5<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.1<br />(26.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.4<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.4<br />(31.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.3<br />(31.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.8<br />(28.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.2<br />(22.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.8<br />(16.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.1<br />(10.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">70.6<br />(21.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.6<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.0<br />(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.8<br />(9.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.0<br />(15.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.7<br />(19.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.5<br />(24.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.8<br />(26.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.1<br />(25.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.8<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.2<br />(15.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.9<br />(9.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.0<br />(5.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">59.2<br />(15.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(−2.6) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(−0.4) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.8<br />(3.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.4<br />(8.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.2<br />(13.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.6<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.2<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.0<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.7<br />(15.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.2<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.0<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(−0.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47.8<br />(8.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(−11.9) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(−8.5) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(−5.3) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.7<br />(−0.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.0<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.2<br />(12.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.0<br />(15.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.3<br />(14.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.9<br />(7.7) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(−5.2) </td> <td style="background: #BABAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(−8.2) </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.8<br />(−12.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−17<br />(−27) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(−17) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(−16) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50<br />(10) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47<br />(8) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(−5) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(−13) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8<br />(−22) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−17<br />(−27) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #53FF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.51<br />(115) </td> <td style="background: #3AFF3A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.73<br />(120) </td> <td style="background: #4FFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.65<br />(118) </td> <td style="background: #32FF32; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.24<br />(133) </td> <td style="background: #19FF19; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.07<br />(154) </td> <td style="background: #57FF57; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.28<br />(109) </td> <td style="background: #5EFF5E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.25<br />(108) </td> <td style="background: #80FF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.36<br />(85) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.86<br />(98) </td> <td style="background: #5FFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.23<br />(107) </td> <td style="background: #5AFF5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.21<br />(107) </td> <td style="background: #34FF34; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.36<br />(136) </td> <td style="background: #4FFF4F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">54.75<br />(1,390) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1.5<br />(3.77) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">105.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: National Weather Service<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>329</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>715</td><td></td><td>117.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>1,332</td><td></td><td>86.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>1,497</td><td></td><td>12.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>1,792</td><td></td><td>19.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>1,823</td><td></td><td>1.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>2,526</td><td></td><td>38.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>3,566</td><td></td><td>41.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>3,943</td><td></td><td>10.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>5,024</td><td></td><td>27.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>5,934</td><td></td><td>18.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>5,810</td><td></td><td>−2.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>7,393</td><td></td><td>27.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>7,652</td><td></td><td>3.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>7,956</td><td></td><td>4.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-GR9_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR9-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CensusPopEst_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusPopEst-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Lexington racial composition<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Num. </th> <th>Perc. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> (non-Hispanic) </td> <td>6,085 </td> <td>76.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> (non-Hispanic) </td> <td>1,037 </td> <td>13.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </td> <td>64 </td> <td>0.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </td> <td>450 </td> <td>5.66% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> </td> <td>308 </td> <td>3.87% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 7,956 people, 3,150 households, and 1,915 families residing in the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, the population density was 640.4 inhabitants per square mile (247.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 3,371 housing units at an average density of 292.0 per square mile (112.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 84.50% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 13.07% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.14% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.26% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.42% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.60% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.18% of the population. </p><p>There were 3,039 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.88. </p><p>In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.7 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $29,725, and the median income for a family was $41,429. Males had a median income of $31,558 versus $23,212 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $18,368. About 10.2% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 12.8% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Public schools in Lexington are operated by the Henderson County School System and the Lexington City School System. There are three schools: Paul G. Caywood Elementary School, Lexington Middle School and Lexington High School. Lexington High School is in the Henderson County School System, while Paul G. Caywood Elementary School, often shortened to "Caywood," and Lexington Middle School, or LMS, are both in the Lexington City School System. </p><p>Lexington is home to the Lexington-Henderson County Center of <a href="/wiki/Jackson_State_Community_College" title="Jackson State Community College">Jackson State Community College</a>, which opened in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The center offers all courses required to earn an associate degree in General Studies, and offers other courses that may be credited towards additional degrees from the main campus in <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson, Tennessee</a>, or may be transferred to other universities.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has become a popular choice of graduates from Lexington High School, Scotts Hill High School, and other area high schools as a means of continuing their education. The center has become more popular since the introduction of the Tennessee Promise, a state program that provides two years of tuition-free attendance at community colleges and technical colleges in Tennessee.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Newspapers">Newspapers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Lexington Progress, since 1884<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Tennessee Magnet Publications</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lexington-Henderson County Everett Horn Public Library serves the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Library_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Library-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lexington is home to the very popular Beech Lake. Lexington has one museum, Beech River Heritage Museum, that holds a variety of historical artifacts of Lexington and Henderson County. </p><p>Lexington was the setting of a 1994 episode of <i>The X-Files</i> called "E.B.E."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lexington claims to be the barbecue capital of the country; it supposedly has more barbecue restaurants per capita than any other city in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Henderson County Community Hospital is located in and serves the Lexington area.<sup id="cite_ref-Hospital1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hospital1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1935 to 1938, Lexington was home to a <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> team that played in the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky%E2%80%93Illinois%E2%80%93Tennessee_League" title="Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League">Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League</a>. Known as the <a href="/wiki/Lexington_Giants_(KITTY_League)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lexington Giants (KITTY League)">Lexington Giants</a> from 1935 to 1938, the team was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Lexington_Bees" title="Lexington Bees">Lexington Bees</a> when it became a <a href="/wiki/Farm_club" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm club">farm club</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bees" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Bees">Boston Bees</a> in 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citations</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2017</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Barry" title="Dick Barry">Dick Barry</a> (1926–2013) – lawyer and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Cannon" title="Buddy Cannon">Buddy Cannon</a> (born 1947) – singer-songwriter and record producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mills_Darden" title="Mills Darden">Mills Darden</a> (1799–1857) – alleged largest man in history, retired, died, and was buried here<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Gilbert" title="Doug Gilbert">Doug Gilbert</a> (born 1969) – professional wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gilbert_(wrestler)" title="Eddie Gilbert (wrestler)">Eddie Gilbert</a> (1961–1995) – professional wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyd_Jowers" title="Loyd Jowers">Loyd Jowers</a> (1926–2000) – restaurateur and alleged conspirator in the <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.">assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McAfee" title="John McAfee">John McAfee</a> (1945–2021) – founder of <a href="/wiki/McAfee_Associates" class="mw-redirect" title="McAfee Associates">McAfee Associates</a> and politician, former resident</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Taylor_(saxophonist)" title="Sam Taylor (saxophonist)">Sam Taylor</a> (1916–1990) – saxophonist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lexington,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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