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| subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = County |subdivision_name3 = Lexington County |government_footnotes = |government_type = Mayor-Council |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Steve MacDougall 〔http://lexington.wistv.com/news/politics/82753-newly-elected-lexington-mayor-sworn-monday〕 |governing_body = Lexington Town Council〔http://www.lexsc.com/council_index.htm〕 |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 22.97 |area_land_km2 = 22.95 |area_water_km2 = 0.2 |area_total_sq_mi = 8.8 |area_land_sq_mi = 8.7 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.1 〔http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/45/4541335.html〕 |population_as_of = 2010 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 17,870 (Lexington Limits) |population_metro = 82,769 (Sub-County) | population_rank = 23rd | population_density_sq_mi = 2,014 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 120 |elevation_ft = 394 |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_type = region:US_type:city |latd = 33 |latm = 58 |lats = 52 |latNS = N |longd = 81 |longm = 13 |longs = 51 |longEW = W |Postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 29071, 29072, 29073 |area_code = 803 |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 29071-29073 - 29072 |area_code = 803 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 45-41335〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=United States Census Bureau )〕 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 1246349 |website = |footnotes = }} Lexington is a town in and the county seat of Lexington County, South Carolina, United States, and is also the largest town in Lexington County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The population was 17,870 at the 2010 census. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated 2014 population is 20,905. 〔〔http://www.lexsc.com/documents/finance/annual_budget/FY2015_Budget.pdf〕 ==History== In 1735, the colonial government of King George II established eleven townships in backcountry South Carolina, to encourage settlement, and to provide a buffer between Native American tribes to the West and colonial plantations in the Lowcountry. The townships included one named Saxe Gotha, which flourished with major crops of corn, wheat, tobacco, hemp, and flax, as well as beeswax and livestock. The Battle of Tarrar Springs was fought nearby on November 16, 1781. In 1785, Saxe Gotha was replaced with Lexington County, in commemoration of the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The county's first courthouse was built in Granby, but chronic flooding forced the courthouse to move in 1820 to its present location, establishing the community of Lexington Courthouse. The community was incorporated as the Town of Lexington in 1861. In 1865 Union Army forces destroyed the courthouse and many buildings in the town. But local farms and the lumber industry helped stabilize the economy after Reconstruction. The town grew due to the Columbia to Augusta Railroad and the Lexington Textile Mill, constructed in 1890. Many current brick buildings were built in the aftermath of severe fires in 1894 and 1916.〔http://www.lexsc.com/lexington_history_index.htm〕 The Move Over Law, a law that requires drivers to change lanes when there is a stopped emergency vehicle on the side of the road, originated in Lexington, SC, after a South Carolina Paramedic, James D. Garcia, was struck and injured at an accident scene on Jan. 28, 1994. Garcia was listed at fault, leading to his work to create this law. SC's version (SC 56-5-1538) passed in 1996, and was revised in 2002.〔http://www.lawserver.com/law/state/south-carolina/sc-code/south_carolina_code_title_56_chapter_5〕〔http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20130105/AIK0101/130109770〕 A Murphy Express gas station on Augusta Highway in Lexington, SC sold a $400 million winning Powerball ticket on September 18, 2013. This ticket was the fifth largest winning ticket of any United States lottery.〔http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/19/studentnews/powerball-jackpot/index.html〕〔http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/19/winning-ticket-powerball-jackpot/2835103/〕〔http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/23471822/winning-powerball-ticket-sold-in-lexington-sc〕 On November 5, 2013, incumbent Lexington mayor Randy Halfacre lost a reelection bid to Councilman Steve MacDougall by only 18 votes.〔http://www.lexsc.com/election_results_2013.htm〕 A recount was initiated but the results remained the same.〔 Buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. include: * The Ballentine-Shealy House * Bank of Western Carolina * W. Q. M. Berly House * William Berly House * Lemuel Boozer House * C.E. Corley House * Fox House * Gunter-Summers House * James Harman Building * Ernest L. Hazelius House * John Solomon Hendrix House * John Jacob Hite Farm * Home National Bank, * Lexington County Courthouse * Henry Lybrand Farm * Maj. Henry A. Meetze House * Old Batesburg-Leesville High School * Charlton Rauch House * David Rawl House * Simmons-Harth House * James Stewart House * Vastine Wessinger House 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lexington, South Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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