Lexington, Kentucky

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Lexington is a town in Fayette County in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the second-largest city in Kentucky, after Louisville,[1] and the 68th largest in the United States. On January 1, 1974 Lexington became the first municipality in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to form a consolidated city-county government by merging with Fayette County. In 2006, the population estimate given by the U.S. Census Bureau was 275,754.

In 1974, the governments of the city of Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky combined to create the current Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Lexington has an elected mayor and city council-style of government.

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  1. Lexington was briefly Kentucky's largest city by 10,000 people, from the 2000 Census until January 1, 2003, when Louisville merged with Jefferson County.

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