Lexington, Virginia, United States

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college town county seat independent city

Lexington, Virginia, United States is a small historic city in the Shenandoah Valley known for its preserved 19th-century architecture and as the home of Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Lexington, Virginia 21

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf college town ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
independent city ⓘ
areaCode 540 ⓘ
areaLandKm2 6.5 ⓘ
areaTotalKm2 6.5 ⓘ
climateClassification humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
elevationMeters 322 ⓘ
FIPSCode 51-45256 ⓘ
foundedInYear 1778 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1498502 ⓘ
governingBody Lexington City Council ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasHistoricCemetery Oak Grove Cemetery ⓘ
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
hasHistoricDistrict Lexington Historic District ⓘ
hasLandmark Lee Chapel ⓘ
Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters Museum ⓘ
surface form: Stonewall Jackson House

Virginia Horse Center ⓘ
Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
surface form: Virginia Military Institute campus

Washington and Lee University Historic District ⓘ
surface form: Washington and Lee University campus
hasRiver Maury River ⓘ
incorporatedAsCityInYear 1966 ⓘ
incorporatedAsTownInYear 1841 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Rockbridge County, Virginia ⓘ
isHomeTo Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
Washington and Lee University ⓘ
isTouristDestinationFor Civil War tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
knownFor Civil War history ⓘ
collegiate institutions ⓘ
preserved 19th-century architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Lexington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedForEvent Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Lexington
nearMountainRange Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Rockbridge County, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Rockbridge County area
populationCensus2020 7157 ⓘ
postalCode 24450 ⓘ
region western Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Western Virginia
servedByHighway Interstate 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 81 NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedByU.S.Route U.S. Route 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
usesTimeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
usesTimeZoneDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mary Anna Custis Lee → burialPlace → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Thomas → buriedAt → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Jonathan Jackson
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia → city → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
VMI → cityServed → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Virginia Military Institute
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Rockbridge County, Virginia → contains → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Alben W. Barkley → deathPlace → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
Mary Anna Custis Lee → deathPlace → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Rockbridge County, Virginia → hasCountySeat → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Rockbridge County, Virginia → hasHistoricTown → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia → locatedIn → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
VMI Keydets → locatedIn → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Virginia Military Institute → locatedIn → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
VMI → locatedIn → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Virginia Military Institute
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Virginia Military Institute Parade Ground → locatedIn → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Washington and Lee University → locatedIn → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
West Point of the South → locatedIn → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Shenandoah Valley → majorCity → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Board of Visitors → meetsAt → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Board of Visitors (Virginia Military Institute)
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Robert E. Lee → placeOfDeath → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Mary Anna Custis Lee → residence → Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia
this entity surface form: Lexington, Virginia