Lexington
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city in and county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Lafayette
- Mayor
- Tom Hughes
- Total
- 5.46 sq mi (14.13 km )
- Land
- 5.23 sq mi (13.54 km )
- Water
- 0.23 sq mi (0.59 km )
- Elevation
- 810 ft (250 m)
- Density
- 889.8/sq mi (343.54/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 29-41870
- Website
- lexingtonmo .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Lexington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lafayette County
- Population
- 4652
- Area
- 13.929536
- Elevation
- 259
- Capital of
- Lafayette County
- Official website
- www.lexingtonmo.com
- Image
- Lexington City Hall - 13369806565.jpg
- Households
- 1933
- Dialing code
- 660
- Significant event
- Siege of Lexington
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lexington, Missouri
- Commons category
- Lexington, Missouri
- postal code
- 64067
- inception
- 1822-01-01
- P8168
- Elsa Lunghini
- water as percent of area
- 4.2446
- different from
- Lexington
- per capita income
- 31834
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lexington is a city in and the county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lexington had a population of 4,652. Lexington is in western Missouri, within the Kansas City metropolitan area, approximately 40 miles (64 km) east of Kansas City. It is the home of the Battle of Lexington State Historic Site, and of the former Wentworth Military Academy and College, which operated from 1880 to 2017.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lexington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.