Place:Lexington, South Carolina, United States

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NameLexington
Alt namesLexingtonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Lexington Districtsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45030321
TypeCounty
Coordinates33.9°N 81.3°W
Located inSouth Carolina, United States     (1804 - )
See alsoAiken, South Carolina, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Calhoun, South Carolina, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Orangeburg, South Carolina, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Oak Grove
Red Bank
Seven Oaks
Inhabited place
Acapulco
Althea
Appollo Gardens
Arborgate
Arthur
Barr Crossing
Baskin Hills
Batesburg
Batesburg-Leesville
Blue Ridge Terrace
Brookwood
Cayce
Cedarwood
Challedon West
Challedon
Chapin
Charwood
Chinquapin Falls
Climax
Clubhouse Crossroads
Coatesworth
Coldstream
Congaree Gardens
Coventry Woods
Creekwood
Crystal View
Dixiana
Dutchman Acres
Dutchman Shores
East Shore
Edenwood
Edmund
Ella
Elsie
Ethon Crossroads
Fairhill
Fairview Crossroads
Fredonia
Gardendale
Gaston
Gilbert
Glenn Village
Grenadier
Greyland Forest
Hall
Hallmark Shores
Hallmark
Hamlet South
Hamlet West
Happytown
Harbor Side
Harrisburg
Heritage Hills
Hillcreek
Hillside
Hollow Creek
Hollywood Point
Honeywood
Indian Pines
Irmo
Kings Grant
Kneece
Lake Point
Lake Village
Lakeland
Lakeview Terrace
Lakewood
Land of the Lakes
Landmark
Lands End
Laurel Meadows
Lazy Day Acres
Leaphart
Leesville
Lexington Woods
Lexington
Lloydswoods
Longview Plant
Macedon
Mallard Bay
Melwood
Milmont Shores
Mims
Murray Forest
Murray
Oak Creek
Oak Crest
Oakridge
Oakwood
Oswald Park
Park Place West
Parkway Place
Parkwood
Peachtree Acres
Pelion
Peters
Pine Point
Pine Ridge
Pineglen
Priceville
Providence
Quail Hollow
Rayflin
Red Star
Regency Square
Ridge Road Crossroads
Rollingwood
Rose Gardens
Saint Andrews
Saluda Hills
Saluda Terrace
Samaria
Selwood Shores
Shadblow
Shadow Brook
Shady Acres
Sharpes Hill
Silver Lake
Snug Harbor
South Congaree
Southgate
Spring Hill
Spring Lake
Springdale
Starmount
Steedman
Styx
Summit
Swansea
Testo
Thor
Three Fountains
Town and Country
Varnarsdale
Walden
Walnut Creek
West Columbia
Westgate
Westover Acres
Westwood Hills
Westwood
Whitehall
Woodland Hills
Woodsen
Wrenwood
Yacht Cove
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Lexington County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 293,991, and the 2021 population estimate was 300,137. Its county seat and largest town is Lexington. The county was chartered in 1785 and was named in commemoration of Lexington, Massachusetts, the site of the Battle of Lexington in the American Revolutionary War. Lexington County is the sixth-largest county in South Carolina by population and is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1800 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1804 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1809 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1810 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1839 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1911 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1915 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1810 6,641
1820 8,083
1830 9,065
1840 12,111
1850 12,930
1860 15,579
1870 12,988
1880 18,564
1890 22,181
1900 27,264
1910 32,040
1920 35,676
1930 36,494
1940 35,994
1950 44,279
1960 60,726
1970 89,012
1980 140,353
1990 167,611
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External links

  • Outstanding guide to Lexington County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
  • www.lex-co.com/my_lex.html
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