Lexington

Lexington, (1) capital of Fayette county, Kentucky, stands in the fertile blue-grass region, at the junction of four railways, 77 miles S. of Cincinnati. It is a handsome city, its principal edifices the court-house, the state university, and the state lunatic asylum. The fine Henry Clay monument also is noteworthy. There are manufactures of spirits, hemp, and, especially, of tobacco. Pop. (1880) 16,656.—(2) A village of Massachusetts, 11 miles WNW. of Boston, where the first blood of the Revolution was shed, April 19, 1775. A monument has been erected in memory of the eight minute-men who fell in this first conflict.—(3) Capital of Lafayette county, Missouri, on the Missouri River, 42 miles by rail (84 by water) E. of Kansas City. It contains Baptist and Methodist ladies' colleges, and has manufactures of hemp and woollen goods. Pop. 3996.—(4) A pretty village of Virginia, on the North River, 32 miles NNW. of Lynchburg, is the terminus of the James River and Kanawha Canal, and contains the Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute. Here Robert E. Lee and 'Stonewall' Jackson are buried. Pop. 2771.