Lexington, Tennessee Lexington, Tennessee Location in Henderson County and the state of Tennessee Location in Henderson County and the state of Tennessee County Henderson Lexington is a town/city in Henderson County, Tennessee, United States.
Lexington is midway between Memphis and Nashville, lying ten miles (16 km) south of Interstate 40, which joins the two cities.
It is the governmental center of county of Henderson County. Shortly after the 1821 creation of Henderson County, a site near its center was chosen as a county seat, and was titled Lexington with respect to Lexington, Massachusetts, site of the first battle of the American Revolution.
The first county courthouse was assembled in 1823; Lexington was incorporated in 1824 and by 1830 had a populace of 260.
As the lead-up to the American Civil War began, Henderson County voted against secession.
However, Ingersoll's troops did not destroy the bridge and General Nathan Bedford Forrest's troops headed into Lexington.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.7 square miles (30 km2), of which 11.5 square miles (30 km2) is territory and 0.2-square-mile (0.52 km2) (1.45%) is water.
Lexington is six miles (10 km) south of Natchez Trace State Park.
In the city, the populace 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 income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,725, and the median income for a family was $41,429.
Lexington has one town/city school system, Lexington City School System.
Caywood Elementary School, Lexington Middle School and Lexington High School.
Lexington High School is in the Henderson County School System.
Caywood Elementary School, generally referred to as "Caywood", and Lexington Middle School, generally referred to as "LMS", are both in the Lexington City School System(LCSS).
Lexington has one library, the Lexington-Henderson County Everett Horn Public Library. Lexington is also home to the very prominent Beech Lake.
Lexington has one exhibition, Beech River Heritage Museum, that holds a range of historical artifacts of Lexington and Henderson County.
Lexington claims to be the barbeque capital of the country; it supposedly has more barbeque restaurants per capita than any other town/city in the United States. Henderson County Community Hospital is positioned in and serves the Lexington area. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
"Lexington-Henderson County Everett Horn Public Library".
"Lexington City Website".
"Henderson County Community Hospital".
Henderson County Community Hospital.
Municipalities and communities of Henderson County, Tennessee, United States County seat: Lexington This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Cities in Tennessee - Cities in Henderson County, Tennessee - County seats in Tennessee - 1821 establishments in Tennessee
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