Lexington (Nebraska)

Dawson County

31-26910

Lexington is a city in Dawson County with 10,251 inhabitants ( 2006), in the south of the U.S. state of Nebraska and is also the administrative center ( County Seat).

Lexington is named after the city since 1889. Previously named the village since 1866 Plum Creek.

Geography

Lexington is located on the Platte River, southeast of the city of North Platte. U.S. Highway 30 runs through Lexington. During the 1860s, Lexington was an intermediate station of the Pony Express.

The nearby towns are:

  • Overton 17.7 km
  • Cozad 22.4 km
  • Smithfield 23.0 km
  • Elwood 23.3 km
  • Sumner 27.2 km
  • Eddyville 27.3 km
  • Eustis 27.5 km
  • Bertrand 29.6 km
  • Gothenburg 38.7 km
  • Oconto 39.8 km

Demography

Age structure

Unusually for Nebraska is that almost 50 % of residents are of Mexican descent. This results from the state-funded construction of a meat packing factory of the company IBP Inc..

Demographics

Social History

The population of Lexington was severely affected by the farm crisis of the 1980s, prompting state tax breaks and other incentives for the establishment of industries have been created. In 1992, the meat packing factory on their production, however, the majority of employees immigrants from Mexico and Central America, which led to strong social tensions. The house prices, the birth rate but also the crime rate soared, and the city had to spend enormous financial resources to match the growing population numbers in the following infrastructure.

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