Lexington is a consolidated city in Kentucky whose limits match those of Fayette County, of which it is also the county seat. At the 2020 census it had 322,570 residents, making it the second largest city in the state after Louisville. It lies in the Bluegrass region and calls itself the Horse Capital of the World because of the hundreds of horse farms around it, the Kentucky Horse Park, and the Red Mile and Keeneland race courses. Frontiersmen camped at the site in June 1775 and named it Lexington after the opening battle of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and settlers signed the Lexington Compact in 1780. The climate is humid subtropical, with hot humid summers and moderately cold winters.
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1. Lexington, Kentucky (Wikipedia)
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As of the 2020 census the city's population was 322,570
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1782
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298
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-5
Climate
Lexington is in the northern periphery of the humid subtropical climate zone
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Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
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Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
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Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
View the Source2. Kentucky (Wikipedia)
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is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States
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