Lanexa, Virginia

Lanexa is an unincorporated community located partially in New Kent County and partially in James City County, Virginia, United States. The ZIP Code for Lanexa is 23089. Lanexa is located by the Chickahominy River and has many tourism sites for camping and outdoor activities, including Chickahominy Shores. Diascund Creek runs immediately to the east of the center of Lanexa. A dam creates the Diascund Creek Reservoir, operated by Newport News Waterworks, on the north side of the community.

The first use of "Lanexa" to designate a place in the area came 1882 when it was given to a station on the Peninsula Extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway near where the tracks run along the Chickahominy River, west of Diascund Creek. The station was east of Walkers and west of Diascund. The Lanexa post office remained at this site for many years. Today, the post office is on the present main artery, Pocahontas Trail (US Route 60) and through postal usage, Lanexa designates a larger area, stretching north to the Pamunkey River.