The city of Lexington is the county seat of Oglethorpe County,

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, United States. The population was 239 at the 2000 census. Lexington is home to Shaking Rock Park.

History

Lexington was founded in 1800. That same year, the seat of Oglethorpe County was transferred to Lexington from Philomath. Lexington was incorporated as a town in 1806, and is named for

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Geography

Lexington is located at (33.870351, -83.110916).

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, as well as Georgia State Routes 22 and 77, all pass through the city. U.S. 78 leads southeast to

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and northwest to

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. GA-22 runs through the city concurrent with GA-22, leading north to Comer and southeast to Crawfordville. GA-77 leads northeast to Elberton and south to Union Point. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all land.

Climate

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 239 people, 101 households, and 65 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 115 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 70.71%

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, 25.94%

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, 0.84% Native American, and 2.51% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.26% of the population. There were 101 households, out of which 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were

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living together, 17.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.82. In the city, the population was spread out, with 19.2% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $41,932, and the median income for a family was $56,875. Males had a median income of $22,417 versus $38,056 for females. The

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for the city was $22,513. About 4.1% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the

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, including 20.9% of those under the age of eighteen and 9.4% of those 65 or over.

Education

Oglethorpe County School District

The Oglethorpe County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of a primary school (preK-2), an elementary school (3–5), a middle school (6–8), and a high school (9–12). The district has 145 full-time teachers and over 2,281 students. *Oglethorpe County Elementary School *Oglethorpe County Primary School *Oglethorpe County Middle School * Oglethorpe County High School

Notable people

* Nathan Crawford Barnett, member of the

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for more than 30 years. Raised in Lexington, and educated at the Lexington Academy * Clifford Cleveland Brooks, planter and politician; member of the

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from 1924 to 1932, born in Lexington in 1886 Henry E. Chambers, ''History of Louisiana'', Vol. 2 (

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: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925, p. 71) * William Harris Crawford, lawyer and politician * George Rockingham Gilmer, statesman and politician *

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, lawyer * Wilson Lumpkin, lawyer and politician * Stephen Upson, lawyer and politician

References

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