Welcome to East Lexington ...

East Lexington is located in Middlesex County<1>.

The location of East 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 East Lexington, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1836.

A typical abbreviation for East Lexington: E. Lexington

East Lexington is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: East Lexington lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named East Lexington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Lexington - it's located in Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Lexington.

Communities near East Lexington ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Lexington.

• Boston
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Boston is located in Suffolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
• Cambridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
  • Cambridge is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
• Lowell
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
  • Lowell is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
• Lynn
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Lynn is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
• Quincy
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
  • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
• Newton
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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  • Newton is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
• Somerville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
  • Somerville is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
• Lawrence
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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  • Lawrence is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
• Framingham
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham
  • Framingham is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
• Waltham
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
  • Waltham is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,069 people

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 East Lexington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Lexington.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East 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 East Lexington.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Lexington. See our Newspapers Page for East Lexington.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Lexington ...

Looking for more information about East 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 East Lexington, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Lexington.

Adding East Lexington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Lexington in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for East Lexington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the East Lexington post office opened in 1836.

We also found East Lexington in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Lexington.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Lexington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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