Welcome to Lexington ...
Although we found mention of Lexington during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Lexington had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..
We've added Lexington to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lexington, please Contact Us.
The location of Lexington has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Lexington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.
Lexington is 2,000 feet [610 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Lexington might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
We believe that Lexington would be found within the (620) area code.
Communities Also Named Lexington ...
While we believe that this Lexington is located in Clark County, we know of another 3 Kansas communities named Lexington. Those communities are located in the following counties: Brown, Johnson and Osage County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 42 communities that are also named Lexington - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (3) and Washington.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lexington.
Communities near Lexington ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lexington.
- Ashland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Ashland is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <4>
- Bucklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucklin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Bucklin is located in Ford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bucklin <4>
- Coldwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Coldwater is located in Comanche County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coldwater <4>
- Protection
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protection
- Protection is located in Comanche County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Protection <4>
- Sitka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Buttermilk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk
- Buttermilk is located in Comanche County
- Bloom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
- Bloom is located in Ford County
- Mullinville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullinville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullinville
- Mullinville is located in Kiowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullinville <4>
- Wilmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
- Wilmore is located in Comanche County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Minneola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneola
- Minneola is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minneola <4>
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lexington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lexington.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lexington. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lexington.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lexington. See our Newspapers Page for Lexington.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lexington ...
Looking for more information about Lexington? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lexington, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lexington.
Adding Lexington to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Lexington in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lexington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Lexington post office opened in 1886.
We also found Lexington in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Lexington.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Lexington and then turned west". While Lexington could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Lexington as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Lexington could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lexington - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |