Lexington is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Lexington Township,

Le Sueur County Le Sueur County ( ) is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,674. Its county seat is Le Center. Le Sueur County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul- Blooming ...

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

, 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 Le Center is a city and the county seat of Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,517 at the 2020 census. The Le Sueur County Courthouse and Jail are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography Acc ...

, Montgomery, St. Thomas,

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...

, St. Henry, and Cordova. Lexington had a station on the former

Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway (M&StL) was an American Railroad classes#Class I, Class I railroad that built and operated lines radiating south and west from Minneapolis, Minnesota for 90 years from 1870 to 1960. The railway never reached ...

. Lexington was

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ted in 1857, and named directly or indirectly after

Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by ...

. The community had a post office from 1856 to 1907.

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Unincorporated communities in Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Le Sueur County, Minnesota 1857 establishments in Minnesota Territory Populated places established in 1857 {{LeSueurCountyMN-geo-stub