About Lexington, South Carolina

Lexington is a town of 23,568 people and the seat of Lexington County, 12 miles west of Columbia. In 1735 the colonial government set up 11 backcountry townships, and one of them, Saxe Gotha, was settled mostly by German and Swiss families who grew corn, wheat, tobacco, hemp and flax. In 1785 the county was renamed Lexington to honor the first battles of the Revolution in Massachusetts.

The courthouse first stood at Granby, now Cayce, but floods kept striking it, so in 1820 the county moved it here. Locals called the new seat Lexington Courthouse, and it was incorporated as the Town of Lexington in 1861. During the Civil War, Union troops guarding Sherman's western flank on the march to Columbia burned most of the town, the courthouse included. Farms and lumber helped it recover after Reconstruction. In the 1890s a railroad linking Columbia and Augusta, along with the Lexington Textile Mill, was helping the town grow, and after Lake Murray was created in 1930, many more people moved here.

  • Two battles in 1781Two Revolutionary War fights took place here in 1781. Soldiers clashed at Muddy Springs, south of today's town, and at Tarrar Springs, which lies inside the present town limits.
  • Where the move over law beganOn January 28, 1994, paramedic James D. Garcia was hit and hurt while helping a driver who had slid off the road, and the South Carolina Highway Patrol blamed him. Garcia pushed for a law requiring drivers to change lanes around stopped emergency vehicles. The General Assembly passed it in 1996 and made it easier to enforce in 2002. All 50 states and the District of Columbia now have one, and Hawaii was last, in 2012.
  • Rebuilt in brickSevere fires in 1894 and 1916 led to many of the brick buildings that stand in Lexington today. The Fox House joined the National Register in 1970, and the William Berly House and Lemuel Boozer House followed in 1977. The Bank of Western Carolina, Home National Bank and James Harman Building were among the places added in 1983.
  • First woman mayor in 2023Hazel Livingston, who had been Mayor Pro-Tem since 2004, was sworn in on December 4, 2023, as the first woman to serve as mayor of Lexington.

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Names on the Lexington map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks4

  • Coventry Woods
  • Heritage Hills
  • Lakeland
  • Lexington Woods

Streets and roads139

  • Augusta Road
  • East Main Street
  • Columbia Avenue
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • North Lake Drive
  • South Lake Drive
  • West Main Street
  • Railroad Avenue
  • Harmon Street
  • Cedarcrest Drive
  • Burton Road
  • Old Cherokee Road
  • Gibson Road
  • Industrial Drive
  • Corley Mill Road
  • Park Road
  • Ginny Lane
  • State Road S-32-485
  • Hendrix Street
  • State Road S-32-408
  • Corley Street
  • Sterling Brook Drive
  • Mineral Springs Road
  • Old Chapin Road
  • Dooley Road
  • South Church Street
  • Mallard Lakes Drive
  • Montrose Drive
  • Barr Road
  • Barr Lake Drive
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  • Palmer Drive
  • Bickley Road
  • Frontage Road
  • Parker Street
  • Northwood Road
  • Carola Lane
  • Duffie Drive
  • Sterling Creek Court
  • Laryn Lane
  • Powell Drive
  • Westbrook Way
  • Freedom Drive
  • Turnberry Lane
  • Libby Lane
  • Fox Street
  • Beltrees Drive
  • Creps Street
  • Ivy Hill Drive
  • Tolbert Street
  • Erin Court
  • Augusta Highway
  • State Road S-32-68
  • Roberts Street
  • Hunters Ridge Drive
  • Madison Park Drive
  • Tarrar Springs Road
  • Northside Boulevard
  • Reed Avenue
  • Zenker Road
  • Laurel Drive
  • Ridgecreek Drive
  • Saluda Springs Road
  • Faskin Lane
  • Riverchase Way
  • Drummond Way
  • George Street
  • Mossback Trail
  • Wellmore Drive
  • Deer Run Lane
  • Morgan Drive
  • Dahlia Street
  • Dupre Mill Road
  • Creek Side Lane
  • Fergon Road
  • Hammock Drive
  • Water Crest Drive
  • Carlen Avenue
  • Hunters Trail
  • Nightingale Court
  • Scarlet Oak Way
  • Saluda Pointe
  • Caughman Farm Road
  • Hope Ferry Road
  • Crismon Lane
  • Wildlife Road
  • Tweng Trail
  • Claudius Street
  • Canaan Court
  • Chamfort Drive
  • Muirfield Way
  • Fort Street
  • Smith Street
  • Buck Drive
  • Litton Drive
  • Lake Villa Road
  • Legion Drive
  • Palm Court
  • Tybo Drive
  • Frye Road
  • Saks Avenue
  • Grey Street
  • State Road S-32-106
  • Cherokee Trail
  • Dreher Street
  • Coventry Lake Drive
  • Gibson Forest Drive
  • Swartz Road
  • Hayfield Lane
  • Clayborn Drive
  • Black Avenue
  • Cherokee Pond Court
  • Park Meadow Drive
  • Leventis Lane
  • Industrial Boulevard
  • Irene Way
  • Dove Chase Trail
  • Golden Oak Drive
  • Brickyard Road
  • Heddon Drive
  • Mount Faber Drive
  • Bruner Road
  • Wood Cut Road
  • Mill Street
  • Hickory Meadow Road
  • Meetze Avenue
  • State Road S-32-1171
  • Kwanzan Drive
  • Palmetto Hall Drive
  • Settlers Trail
  • Chariot Street
  • Park Place Trail
  • Caughman Farm Lane
  • Dedrick Drive
  • Penwood Lane
  • Athena Lane
  • Heather Glen Drive
  • Pawleys Drive
  • Martel Drive
  • Twelve Mile Drive

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