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Welcome to New Lexington ...

New Lexington is located in Somerset County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Lexington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

New Lexington is 2,080 feet [634 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for New Lexington: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named New Lexington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named New Lexington - they are located in Alabama, Kansas and Ohio (3).

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

Communities near New Lexington ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New 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 New Lexington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Lexington.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Lexington ...

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

Adding New Lexington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New 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 (so far) for New Lexington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the New Lexington post office opened in 1850. The New Lexington post office closed in 1931.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Somerset, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Lexington - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the New Lexington area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the New Lexington area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/