Lexington

English Etymology From Lexington, one of several predecessory forms of Laxton, en village par/Laxton and Moorhouse dist/Newark and Sherwood co/Nottinghamshire cc/England (see Laxton for further etymology). Lexington, Massachusetts was the original municipality of that name in the United States. The town in Massachusetts may have been named either (1) after the eponymous village in Nottinghamshire, England, once called by Lexington and sundry other forms thereof, and today truncated to Laxton, or (2) after Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton (whose title refers to the place in Nottinghamshire today known as Laxton).On the Origin of the Name of the Town of Lexington 3–9 The other US cities and towns called Lexington, beginning with Lexington, Kentucky, were named after the town in Massachusetts, the site of Battles of Lexington and Concord an important Revolutionary War battle. Pronunciation en /ˈlɛk.sɪŋ.tən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lexington.wav Southern England Proper noun en number of places c/USA: en small city/county seat co/Oglethorpe County s/Georgia. en city/county seat co/Fayette County s/Kentucky consolidated with the county. en Kimberly Hutcherson Kentucky city mayor: Confederate statues to come down after Charlottesville w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/13/us/kentucky-confederate-monuments 2017-08-13 The mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, is taking action to remove two Confederate-era monuments from his city’s former courthouse after the deadly clashes in Virginia. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622121145/https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/13/us/kentucky-confederate-monuments/ en town/county seat co/Middlesex County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Lexington, Massachusetts en twp/and/village therein, in co/Sanilac County s/Michigan. en city/county seat co/Holmes County s/Mississippi. en w:Associated Press Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black residents, Justice Department finds w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/26/us/lexington-ms-police-black-discrimination-probe 2024-09-26 The Lexington Police Department “has created a system where officers can relentlessly violate the law” in one of the poorest counties in America, according to the Justice Department. https://web.archive.org/web/20241002201219/https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/26/us/lexington-ms-police-black-discrimination-probe en city/county seat co/Lafayette County s/Missouri. en city/county seat co/Dawson County s/Nebraska. en city/county seat co/Davidson County s/North Carolina. en town/county seat co/Lexington County s/South Carolina. en city/county seat co/Henderson County s/Tennessee. en independent city/county seat co/Rockbridge County s/Virginia. en A number of other <<townships>>, including in <<s/Illinois>>, <<s/Indiana>>, <<s/Kansas>> (2), <<s/Minnesota>>, <<s/Missouri>>, and <<s/Ohio>>, listed under Lexington Township. The battle of Lexington, one of the first battles in the American Revolutionary War, see Wikipedia:Battles of Lexington and Concord. Derived terms en Lexington County Lexington Hills Lexington Park Lexington-style barbecue Lexingtonian New Lexington References en American Revolution