Lexington

Meanings

1. A number of places in the United States:
2. A small city, the county seat of Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
3. A city, the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, consolidated with the county.
4. A town, the county seat of Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
5. A township and village therein, in Sanilac County, Michigan.
6. A city, the county seat of Holmes County, Mississippi.
7. A city, the county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri.
8. A city, the county seat of Dawson County, Nebraska.
9. A city, the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina.
10. A town, the county seat of Lexington County, South Carolina.
11. A city, the county seat of Henderson County, Tennessee.
12. An independent city, the county seat of Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Etymology

From personal name Leaxa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“settlement”). The town in Massachusetts may have been named after the town of Laxton (formerly spelled Lexington) in Nottinghamshire, or after Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton (whose title refers to the same place). The other US towns are named after the town in Massachusetts, the site of an important Revolutionary War battle.