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Lexington is the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census , the town had a population of 19,632. [ 4 ] It is located in central North Carolina , 20 miles (32 km) south of Winston-Salem .
Davidson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,930. [1] Its county seat is Lexington, [2] and its largest community is Thomasville.
Lexington station is a seasonal Amtrak station serving a former freight house in Lexington, North Carolina. It is served by Amtrak's Carolinian and Piedmont and is only open during the Lexington Barbecue Festival in October. [1] [2]
The Lexington Barbecue Festival is a one-day festival held each October and attracts 160,000 or more visitors to Lexington, North Carolina. [14] The festival is held each October in uptown Lexington, a city of approximately 20,000 residents. Several city blocks of Main Street are closed to vehicle traffic for the event.
North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh-highest number of counties in the country. [ 1 ] Following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, King Charles II rewarded eight persons on March 24, 1663, for their faithful support of his efforts to regain the throne of England.
Davidson County Executive Airport (ICAO: KEXX, FAA LID: EXX) is a public use airport in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. [1] It is owned by the Davidson County Airport Authority and located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Lexington, North Carolina. [1]
Lexington school mascot is the Yellow Jacket. They are members of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). Listed below are sports teams accomplishments: NCHSAA State 2A Football Champions: 1985, 1986 [5] NCHSAA State 2A Basketball Champions: 1988, 1995 [6] NCHSAA State 1A/2A Men's Tennis Team Champions: 1986, 1987
Heading north for 4.4 miles (7.1 km), in a concurrency with US 29, US 52, and US 70, it went through another partial wye interchange (US 52 exit 87) before leaving the freeway. Changing to a semi-limited expressway , it served as a northern bypass of downtown Lexington, briefly running concurrently with US 64 . [ 2 ]