Lexington is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Cowlitz County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,834. During the 2010 census, Lexington was part of the

West Side Highway The Joe DiMaggio Highway, commonly called the West Side Highway and formerly the Miller Highway, is a mostly surface section of New York State Route 9A (NY 9A), running from West 72nd Street along the Hudson River to the southern t ...

CDP. The CDP is in the western part of the county and is bordered to the southwest by Beacon Hill and to the east by the

Cowlitz River The Cowlitz River is a river in the state of Washington in the United States, a tributary of the Columbia River. Its tributaries drain a large region including the slopes of Mount Rainier, Mount Adams, and Mount St. Helens. The Cowlitz has a ...

. State Route 411 runs through the community, following the Cowlitz. It leads south to Longview and north to Castle Rock.

References

Populated places in Cowlitz County, Washington Census-designated places in Cowlitz County, Washington Census-designated places in Washington (state) {{CowlitzCountyWA-geo-stub