Lexington, Kentucky, USA
1916

Lexington, a city, the capital of Fayette co., Ky., is on the Louisville and Nashville, the Queen and Crescent and other railroads, 29 miles ESE. of Frankfort. Lat. 38° 3' N. ; Lon. 84° 33' W. It is surrounded by a fertile, undulating country. It is the seat of the Kentucky University and of a state agricultural and mechanical college, and has also the Hamilton and McClelland Female Colleges, St. John's and St. Catherine's Academies, and the Sayre Female Institute. The city contains a state lunatic asylum, state reform school, court-house, public library, etc. A fine monument to the memory of Henry Clay has been erected here. The city has extensive manufactures of distilled and malted liquors, flour, foundry-products, carriages, soap, etc. It is in the centre of the Blue Grass Country" and has a large trade in grain and live-stock. The Lexington race-track is famous. Lexington was formerly the capital of Kentucky. It was founded in 1775 and incorporated in 1782. Pop. in 1880, 16,656 ; in 1890, 21,567 ; in 1900, 26,369.

Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher

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