Lexington, North Carolina

E26503
city municipality

Lexington, North Carolina is a small city in the central Piedmont region best known for its distinctive style of barbecue and annual Barbecue Festival.

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Label Occurrences
Lexington, North Carolina canonical 22
City of Lexington, North Carolina 2
city of Lexington, North Carolina 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 336 ⓘ
743 ⓘ
barbecueStyle pork shoulder with vinegar-based red sauce ⓘ
red slaw ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countrySubdivision central North Carolina ⓘ
county Davidson County, North Carolina ⓘ
countySeatOf Davidson County, North Carolina ⓘ
economicActivity food processing ⓘ
furniture manufacturing ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 255 meters ⓘ
approximately 837 feet ⓘ
foundedIn 1828 ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasFestival Lexington Barbecue Festival ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Lexington Downtown Historic District ⓘ
Lexington Residential Historic District ⓘ
hasMuseum Davidson County Historical Museum ⓘ
hasPublicSchoolDistrict Lexington City Schools ⓘ
hasRailService Amtrak ⓘ
incorporatedAsCityIn 1828 ⓘ
knownFor Lexington Barbecue Festival ⓘ
Lexington-style barbecue ⓘ
locatedInRegion Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont region
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear High Rock Lake ⓘ
locatedOn Interstate 85 ⓘ
U.S. Route 29 ⓘ
U.S. Route 70 ⓘ
namedAfter Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ
nearbyCity Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Winston-Salem, North Carolina ⓘ
nickname Barbecue Capital of the World ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.lexingtonnc.gov/ ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Winston-Salem, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Winston-Salem metropolitan area
population approximately 19,000 ⓘ
populationCensusYear 2020 ⓘ
postalCode 27292 ⓘ
27295 ⓘ
sports high school football ⓘ
youth baseball ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

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Piedmont region of North Carolina → hasMajorCity → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Thomasville, North Carolina → locatedNear → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Interstate 85 → servesCity → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Barbecue Capital of the World → refersTo → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Barbecue Capital of the World → appliesTo → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Barbecue Capital of the World → associatedWithCity → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Lexington-style barbecue → namedAfter → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Lexington-style barbecue → associatedCity → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Lexington Barbecue Festival → locatedIn → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Lexington Barbecue Festival → city → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Lexington Residential Historic District → locatedIn → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Lexington Residential Historic District → partOf → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Lexington, North Carolina
Davidson County Historical Museum → city → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Davidson County Historical Museum → locatedIn → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Lexington City Schools → locatedIn → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Lexington City Schools → jurisdiction → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Lexington, North Carolina
Lexington Downtown Historic District → locatedIn → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Lexington Downtown Historic District → partOf → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: downtown Lexington, North Carolina
Lexington Downtown Historic District → governingBody → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Lexington, North Carolina
Lexington Downtown Historic District → category → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
High Rock Lake → nearCity → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina Highway 150 → connects → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Davidson County, North Carolina → hasCountySeat → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Davidson County, North Carolina → hasLargestCity → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Davidson County, North Carolina → hasSettlement → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
High Rock Dam → locatedNear → Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ