View source for Lexington, Le Sueur County, Minnesota

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Minnesota, US}}
{{about|the unincorporated community in Le Sueur County|the city in Anoka County named Lexington|Lexington, Minnesota}}
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Le Sueur County, Minnesota|Le Sueur]]
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'''Lexington''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Lexington Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota|Lexington Township]], [[Le Sueur County, Minnesota|Le Sueur County]], [[Minnesota]], United States.
The community is located along Le Sueur County Road 26 (Lexington Road), near its junctions with County Roads 5 and 32.
Lexington is located within [[ZIP code]] 56057 based in Le Center.  Nearby places include [[Le Center, Minnesota|Le Center]], [[Montgomery, Minnesota|Montgomery]], [[St. Thomas, Minnesota|St. Thomas]], [[Heidelberg, Minnesota|Heidelberg]], [[St. Henry, Minnesota|St. Henry]], and [[Cordova, Minnesota|Cordova]].
Lexington had a station on the former [[Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad]]. Lexington was [[plat]]ted in 1857, and named directly or indirectly after [[Lexington, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n321 302]}}</ref> The community had a post office from 1856 to 1907.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Le+Sueur | title=Le Sueur County County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=18 July 2015}}</ref>
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120214053720/http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/City.cfm mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/City.cfm]
{{Le Sueur County, Minnesota}}
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Le Sueur County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:1857 establishments in Minnesota Territory]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1857]]
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