Lexington (Mississippi)
Holmes County
28-40600
Lexington is a town in Holmes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi with 2,025 inhabitants ( 2000 census ). The geographic coordinates are: 33 ° 6'52 "North, 90 ° 3'4 " West. The city area is 6.4 km ². The zip code ( zip code ) of the city is 39095th The city is the county seat ( county seat ) of Holmes County and is located about 90 km north of the federal capital, Jackson.
The city was founded in 1833 and after the city of Lexington in Massachusetts, where the American Revolutionary War began, named. In Lexington / Mississippi are about two-thirds of the population of black African descent.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Buford Ellington, politician and 47th and 49th Governor of Tennessee
- Malachi Favors, jazz bassist
- Smokey Smothers, blues guitarist and singer
- Place in Mississippi
- Location in North America
- Holmes County ( Mississippi)
- County Seat in Mississippi