Lexington, North Carolina
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| Nickname : Barbecue Capital of the World | |||
Location in North Carolina
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1775 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | North Carolina | ||
| County : | Davidson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 49 ′ N , 80 ° 16 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 20,138 (as of 2015) | ||
| Population density : | 441.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 45.6 km 2 (approx. 18 mi 2 ) of which 45.6 km 2 (approx. 18 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 246.5 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 27292-27295 | ||
| Area code : | +1 336 | ||
| FIPS : | 37-38060 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0988406 | ||
| Website : | www.lexingtonnc.net | ||
| Mayor : | John T. Walser, Jr. | ||
Lexington is a city in Davidson County in the US state of North Carolina with a population of 20,138 ( 2015 census ). The city area is 45.6 km². The city of Lexington, founded in 1828, is about 30 km south of Winston-Salem , about 90 km northeast of Charlotte and about 160 km west of Raleigh .
Lexington was named in honor of Lexington / Massachusetts , the city where the American Revolutionary War began. Lexington claims to be the " Barbecue Capital of the World". The Lexington Barbecue Festival has been held in Lexington every year since 1984 . In the mid-1990s, the small town had a total of 20 barbecue restaurants and thus had the second highest density of restaurants in the USA after Lexington, Tennessee .
Remarks
- ^ Bob Garner: North Carolina barbecue: flavored by time John F. Blair, Publisher, 1996 ISBN 0895871521 pp. 47-50