Lexington, Virginia Lexington, Virginia Show map of Virginia Country United States State Virginia County None (Independent city) Website Lexington, Virginia Lexington is an autonomous town/city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
At the 2010 census, the populace was 7,042. It is the governmental center of county of Rockbridge County, although the two are separate jurisdictions.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the town/city of Lexington (along with close-by Buena Vista) with Rockbridge County for statistical purposes.
Lexington is about 57 miles east of the West Virginia border and is about 50 miles north of Roanoke, Virginia.
Lexington is the locale of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and of Washington and Lee University (W&L).
1 City Council It was one of the first of what would be many American places titled after Lexington, Massachusetts, known for being the place at which the first shot was fired in the American Revolution. The Union General David Hunter led a raid on Virginia Military Institute amid the American Civil War.
Cyrus Mc - Cormick invented the horse-drawn mechanical reaper at his family's farm in Rockbridge County and a statue of Mc - Cormick is positioned on the Washington and Lee University campus.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), virtually all of which is land. The Maury River, a tributary of the James River, forms the city's northeastern boundary.
According to the Koppen climate classification system, Lexington has a humid subtropical climate, similar to Northern Italy, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,867 citizens , 2,232 homeholds, and 1,080 families living in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 11.0% under the age of 18, 41.4% from 18 to 24, 14.5% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,982, and the median income for a family was $58,529.
Places of interest in Lexington include the Stonewall Jackson House, Lee Chapel, the George C.
Marshall Museum, Virginia Military Institute Museum, Museum of Military Memorabilia, and the downtown historic district.
Filming for parts of a several Civil War films also took place in Lexington, including the documentary Lee Beyond the Battles and Gods and Generals.
In 2011, the town/city erupted in controversy after the City Council passed an ordinance to ban the flying of flags other than the United States flag, the Virginia Flag, and an as-yet-undesigned town/city flag on town/city light poles.
Various flags of the Confederacy had previously been flown on town/city light poles to memorialize the Virginia holiday, Lee Jackson Day, which is observed on the Friday before Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day. About 300 Confederate flag supporters, including members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, rallied before the City Council meeting, and after the vote the Sons of Confederate Veterans vowed to challenge the new small-town ordinance in court. Previously, flags such as the Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute flags had also been flown on town/city light poles but the practice is now discontinued due to the city's ordinance.
Previously, a 1993 federal injunction had prohibited Lexington from barring individuals' displaying the Confederate flag. The current ordinance applies only to displays from town/city light poles; individuals still may exercise their First Amendment rights, including displaying flags of their choice.
Located near Lexington are a number of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including: Anderson Hollow Archaeological District, Cedar Hill Church and Cemeteries, Chapel Hill, Church Hill, Clifton, Hamilton Schoolhouse, Liberty Hall Site, Lylburn Downing School, Maple Hall, John Moore House, Mountain View Farm, Margaret E.
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