Lexington, Kentucky
| Lexington, Kentucky | |
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| Consolidatit ceety-coonty | |
| Lexington-Fayette Urban Coonty |
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| Nickname(s): "Horse Caipital o the Warld", "Athens o the Wast" | |
 Location in the Commonweel o Kentucky |
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 Lexington, Kentucky
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| Coordinates: 38°01′47″N 84°29′41″W / 38.02972°N 84.49472°WCoordinates: 38°01′47″N 84°29′41″W / 38.02972°N 84.49472°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Kentucky |
| Coonties | Fayette |
| Established | 1782[1] |
| Incorporatit | 1831[1] |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Jim Gray (D) |
| Aurie | |
| • Consolidatit ceety-coonty | 285.5 sq mi (739.4 km2) |
| • Laund | 284.5 sq mi (736.9 km2) |
| • Watter | 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2) |
| • Urban | 87.5 sq mi (226.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 978 ft (298 m) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Consolidatit ceety-coonty | 310,797 |
| • Rank | US: 61st |
| • Density | 1,042.8/sq mi (364.5/km2) |
| • Urban | 290,263 |
| • Metro | 489,435 |
| • Demonym | Lexingtonian |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| ZIP Code | 40502–40517, 40522–40524, 40526, 40533, 40536, 40544, 40546, 40550, 40555, 40574–40583, 40588, 40591, 40598 |
| Aurie code(s) | 859 |
| Wabsteid | www |
Lexington, consolidatit wi Fayette Coonty, is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Kentucky an the 61st lairgest in the Unitit States.
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Lexington haes fower sister ceeties, as designate bi Sister Cities International:
Deauville, Fraunce syne 1957
Coonty Kildare, Ireland syne 1984
Newmarket, Unitit Kinrick syne 2003
Shinhidaka, Japan syne 2006
- Shinhidaka wis formed bi a 2006 local govrenment merger. Ane o the entities involved in the merger wis Shizunai, which established a sister ceety relationship wi Lexington in 1988.
