Southeast

Lexington

Davidson County, NC

Population

19,595

Walk Score

73 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$827

Median home value

$141,500

Founded

1775

On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Erlanger Mill Village Historic District · listed 2008
  • Lexington Industrial Historic District · listed 2019
  • Lexington Residential Historic District · listed 2007
  • Uptown Lexington Historic District · listed 1996

Notable landmarks

  • First Reformed Church · listed 2000
  • Grace Episcopal Church · listed 2006
  • Grimes Brothers Mill · listed 2002
  • Grimes School · listed 1988
  • Hedrick's Grove Reformed Church · listed 2008
  • Holt, Dr. William Rainey, House · listed 1983
  • Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home · listed 1984
  • Lexington Memorial Hospital · listed 2012
  • Old Davidson County Courthouse · listed 1971
  • Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery · listed 1984
  • Shoaf, Henry, Farm · listed 1984
  • St. Stephen United Methodist Church · listed 2021
  • Welborn, John Henry, House · listed 1984

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