Lexington (Oklahoma)

Cleveland County

40-42700

Lexington is a city in Cleveland County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

Geography

Lexington is about 50 km south of the capital city Oklahoma City on the east side of the Canadian River, directly opposite the city of Purcell at its western shore. By Lexington leads U.S. Highway 77, which crosses the Canadian River and west of Purcell connected to Interstate 35 to Norman and Oklahoma City. In the city the Oklahoma State Route 39 branches off from U.S. Highway 77 and heads east.

The city is located in a predominantly rural setting and has an area of 5.5 km ². In Lexington, among others, wine is grown.

Population

Lexington had 2000 2086 inhabitants, more than 85% of whites, about 7% of Hispanics or Latinos and nearly 6.5% American Indians in the census. The per capita income was $ 13,322, about 15 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

History

Before the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889, the territory of the later Lexington was not in allotted lands, here was a trading post, which was established after 1835. The town of Lexington was planned even before the Land Run and named after Lexington ( Kentucky). From 1890 there was a post office on site. The community was the cost of their own administration initially not wear and was dissolved again to cover the financial gap and subsequent internal squabbles after the introduction of a tax on alcohol. 1892 finally came to starting up. The city produced mainly agricultural products such as fruit, cotton and corn.

Lexington was known to the founding of the State of Oklahoma as whiskey city and possessed with the Weitzenhoffer and Turk Distillery own distillery. As part of the founding of the state of spirits were banned in 1907.

Since 1976 there is the prison of the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center on site, and since 1978 the prison Joseph Harp Correctional Center.