Place:Lexington, Virginia, United States

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NameLexington
Alt namesLexington Citysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Lexington Independent Citysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeIndependent City
Coordinates37.783°N 79.445°W
Located inVirginia, United States
See alsoRockbridge, Virginia, United Statessurrounding county
Contained Places
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Lee Chapel Museum
Lee Chapel
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
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Lexington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,320. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Lexington (along with nearby Buena Vista) with Rockbridge County for statistical purposes. Lexington is about east of the West Virginia border and is about north of Roanoke, Virginia. It was first settled in 1778.

Lexington is the location of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and of Washington and Lee University (W&L).

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