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Lexington is a city in and the county seat of Holmes County, Mississippi, United States. The county was organized in 1833 and the city in 1836. The county was organized in 1833 and the city in 1836. The population was 1,731 at the 2010 census , [ 2 ] down from 2,025 at the 2000 census.
The county is named in honor of David Holmes, territorial governor and the first governor of the state of Mississippi and later United States Senator for Mississippi. [3] Holmes County native, Edmond Favor Noel , was an attorney and state politician, elected as governor of Mississippi, serving from 1908 to 1912.
Lexington Historic District in Lexington, Mississippi is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [ 1 ] It included 225 contributing buildings , a Confederate monument, the brick streets of the district (considered to be a separate resource), and 94 non-contributing buildings.
March 20, 2002 (Mississippi Highway 17: Lexington: 2: Mollie Clark House: September 15, 1980 (2221 Yazoo St. Pickens: 3: Clifton Plantation House: October 3, 1985
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Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announces at a news conference, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Jackson, Miss., that it has opened an ...
Federal investigators say police in Lexington, Mississippi, used illegal searches, excessive force, and kept residents in jail when they couldn't pay off old fines.