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Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-most-populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky (after Louisville), and the 60th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Fayette County. By land area, it is the country's 30th-largest city.

Lexington

United States

Kentucky

Fayette

1782[2]

1831[2]

Lexington, Massachusetts

Mayor–council

Linda Gorton (R)

15-member legislative council

285.54 sq mi (739.54 km2)

283.64 sq mi (734.62 km2)

1.90 sq mi (4.92 km2)

87.5 sq mi (226.7 km2)

978 ft (298 m)

322,570

320,347 Decrease

US: 60th
Kentucky: 2nd

1,100/sq mi (440/km2)

315,631 (US: 130th)[4]

517,056 (US: 109th)

745,033 (US: 70th)

Lexingtonian

UTC−5 (EST)

UTC−4 (EDT)

40502–40517, 40522–40524, 40526, 40533, 40536, 40544, 40546, 40550, 40555, 40574–40583, 40588, 40591, 40598

859

21-46027

www.lexingtonky.gov

Lexington is known as the "Horse Capital of the World". It is within the state's Bluegrass region. Notable locations within the city include the Kentucky Horse Park, The Red Mile and Keeneland race courses, Rupp Arena, Central Bank Center, Transylvania University, the University of Kentucky, Bluegrass Community and Technical College, and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Headquarters.


As of the 2020 census the city's population was 322,570, anchoring a metropolitan area of 516,811 people and a combined statistical area of 747,919 people. Lexington is consolidated entirely within Fayette County, and vice versa. It has a nonpartisan mayor-council form of government, with 12 council districts and three members elected at large, with the highest vote-getter designated vice mayor.

1790 to 1960 census:

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1970 census:

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1980 census:

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1990 census:

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2000 to 2005 census:

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2006 census:

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The North Limestone (NoLi) Night Market

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The presents several annual concerts.[63]

Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra

The performs their annual Nutcracker Ballet.

Lexington Ballet Company

LexArts Gallery HOP is a seasonal event when the city's art galleries are open to the public on the third Friday of January, March, May, July, September, and November.

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Five public golf courses at Kearney Hill Links, Lakeside, Meadowbrook, Tates Creek, and Picadome

Six at Jacobson, Masterson Station, Coldstream, Pleasant Ridge, Veteran's Park, and Wellington

dog parks

Three public 18-hole courses at Shillito Park, Jacobson Park, and Veterans Park

disc golf

A public skate park at Woodland Park, featuring 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m2) of "ramps, platforms, bowls, and pipes"

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in the heart of downtown Lexington.

Triangle Park

Town Branch Park, a $39 million 10-acre park in the center of downtown, will open in 2025.

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, Calvados, Normandy, France (since 1957)[125]

Deauville

, Leinster, Ireland (since 1984)[125]

County Kildare

, Suffolk, United Kingdom (since 2003)[125][126]

Newmarket

, Hokkaido, Japan (since 2006)

Shinhidaka was formed by a 2006 local government merger. One of the entities involved in the merger was Shizunai, which established a sister city relationship with Lexington in 1988.[125]

Shinhidaka

Lexington has four sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:

Day, Richard E., and Lindsey N. DeVries. "A Southern Progressive: M. A. Cassidy and the Lexington Schools, 1886–1928." American Educational History Journal 39.1/2 (2012): 107–125 .

online

Gelbert, Doug. A Walking Tour of Lexington, Kentucky (2011)

excerpt and text search

Leet, Karen M. et al. Civil War Lexington, KY: Bluegrass Breeding Ground of Power (2011)

excerpt and text search

Hollingsworth, Randolph (2004). Lexington: Queen of the Bluegrass. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Press.  9780738524665.

ISBN

(October 1929). "The Founding of Lexington, Kentucky". Filson Club History Quarterly. 3 (5).

Jillson, Willard Rouse

; Rowland, Daniel, eds. (2012). Bluegrass Renaissance: The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792–1852. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813136073. (emphasis on the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe and "neoclassical" Lexington)

Klotter, James C.

Smith, Gerald L. Lexington Kentucky (KY) (Black America) (2002)

Wilson, Samuel M. (January 1930). "Date of the First Settlement of Lexington, Kentucky". Filson Club History Quarterly. 4 (1).

Wright, John D. Jr. Lexington: Heart of the Bluegrass (1994); 244pp; a history

Official website of Lexington, Kentucky

Official website of Downtown Lexington Corporation

Official website of the Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau

Lexington Kentucky: The Athens of the West, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary

Downloadable PDF and Plain text versions of George Washington Ranck's 1872 book, History of Lexington, Kentucky

housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections research Center

Digitized images from the Ethel Williams collection on Lexington, Kentucky, 1902–1909

housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center

Digitized images from A Review of Lexington, Kentucky, as she is: her wealth and industry, her wonderful growth and admirable enterprise, her great business concerns, her manufacturing advances, and commercial resources