Lexington, Alabama

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Huntsville. It is located about 46 miles [74 km] to the southeast of Lexington and has a population of 158,216 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Decatur. It is located about 34 miles [54 km] to the southeast of Lexington and has a population of 53,929 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Athens	SE	26 mi [41.84 km]	23,715	25.03% increase
	Florence	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	37,877	4.45% increase
	Hartselle	SE	43 mi [69.2 km]	13,888	15.55% increase
	Madison	SE	39 mi [62.8 km]	38,714	32% increase
	Muscle Shoals	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	13,032	9.29% increase
	Russellville	SW	37 mi [59.5 km]	8,918	0.59% decrease
	Sheffield	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	9,127	5.44% decrease
	Tuscumbia	SW	25 mi [40.23 km]	8,308	5.75% increase
	Columbia (TN)	N	48 mi [77.2 km]	34,402	4.08% increase
	Fayetteville (TN)	E	47 mi [75.6 km]	7,166	2.46% increase
	Hohenwald (TN)	N	41 mi [66 km]	3,805	1.36% increase
	Lawrenceburg (TN)	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	10,778	0.17% decrease
	Lewisburg (TN)	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	11,003	5.67% increase
	Mount Pleasant (TN)	N	43 mi [69.2 km]	4,443	1.07% decrease
	Pulaski (TN)	NE	24 mi [38.62 km]	7,847	0.3% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Anderson	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	354	---
	Elgin	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Ford City	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Green Hill	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Killen	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,142	2.06% increase
	Lester	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	120	12.15% increase
	Rogersville	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	1,204	0.42% increase
	Saint Florian	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	474	41.49% increase
	Wheeler Dam Village	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Zip City	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Iron City (TN)	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	378	2.72% increase
	Loretto (TN)	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	1,705	2.4% increase
	Minor Hill (TN)	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	451	3.2% increase
	Rascal Town (TN)	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Saint Joseph (TN)	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	856	3.26% increase

Lauderdale County

Lexington is located in Lauderdale County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lauderdale: Limestone, Lawrence, Colbert, Tishomingo (MS), Hardin (TN), Lawrence (TN), Wayne (TN) and Giles (TN).

Below are counties that are near Lexington (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Lexington:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Lexington
	Colbert County	S	Fosters Mill	13 miles [20 km]
	Franklin County	S	Bethsaida	30 miles [48 km]
	Lawrence County	S	Wheeler Dam Village	11 miles [17 km]
	Limestone County	E	Union Hill	9 miles [14 km]
	Madison County	E	Ardmore	30 miles [48 km]
	Morgan County	SE	Trinity	30 miles [48 km]
	Giles County (TN)	NE	Peach (TN)	10 miles [16 km]
	Hardin County (TN)	W	Big Ivy (TN)	39 miles [62 km]
	Lawrence County (TN)	N	Peppertown (TN)	2 miles [3 km]
	Lewis County (TN)	N	Napier (TN)	33 miles [53 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<3>

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