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Welcome to Lexington ...

Lexington is located in Cowlitz County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lexington, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Lexington is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Lexington lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lexington: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Lexington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia (3).

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.

  • Longview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kalama
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Castle Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Rainier
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainier have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainier
    • Rainier is located in Columbia County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,021 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainier <4>
  • Clatskanie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Toledo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Vader
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Prescott
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prescott have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Prescott is located in Columbia County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
  • West Longview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Longview
    • West Longview is located in Cowlitz County
  • Coal Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
    • Coal Creek is located in Cowlitz County

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.<6>

From that list, the Lexington post office opened in 1888.

We also found Lexington in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lexington.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Cowlitz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Lexington area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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