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Welcome to Lexington ...Lexington is located in Lancaster County<1>. 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 1882. Lexington is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Lexington lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Lexington is located in the (717) area code. Communities Also Named Lexington ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Lexington: This one is located in Lancaster County and the other is located in Erie County. Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 42 communities that are also named Lexington - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas (4), Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Oregon, 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.
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 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 Lexington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> 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 ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lexington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Lancaster County: www.co.lancaster.pa.us/ The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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