Lexington, Georgia

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Gainesville. It is located about 50 miles [80 km] to the northwest of Lexington and has a population of 25,578 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Lawrenceville. It is located about 50 miles [80 km] to the west of Lexington and has a population of 22,397 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Auburn	W	42 mi [67.6 km]	7,496	8.57% increase
	Commerce	NW	31 mi [49.89 km]	6,394	20.82% increase
	Covington	SW	46 mi [74 km]	14,980	29.73% increase
	Dacula	W	45 mi [72.4 km]	4,662	21.15% increase
	Eatonton	SW	40 mi [64.4 km]	6,373	5.78% decrease
	Elberton	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	4,546	4.15% decrease
	Hartwell	N	34 mi [54.7 km]	4,298	2.63% increase
	Jefferson	NW	33 mi [53.1 km]	7,911	106.82% increase
	Loganville	W	45 mi [72.4 km]	10,562	94.33% increase
	Monroe	W	35 mi [56.3 km]	13,381	17.31% increase
	Thomson	SE	44 mi [70.8 km]	6,848	0.29% increase
	Toccoa	N	50 mi [80.5 km]	9,150	1.86% decrease
	Washington	SE	23 mi [37.01 km]	4,062	5.42% decrease
	Winder	W	36 mi [57.9 km]	14,064	37.87% increase
	Abbeville (SC)	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	5,547	5.02% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arnoldsville	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	329	5.45% increase
	Athens	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Carlton	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	246	5.58% increase
	Colbert	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	527	7.99% increase
	Comer	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,289	22.53% increase
	Crawford	W	2 mi [3.22 km]	815	0.99% increase
	Durham Town	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Hull	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	161	0.63% increase
	Maxeys	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	215	2.38% increase
	New Town	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Rayle	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	133	4.32% decrease
	Union Point	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,529	8.39% decrease
	Watkinsville	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	2,880	37.34% increase
	Winterville	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,187	11.14% increase
	Woodville	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	416	4% increase

Oglethorpe County

Lexington is located in Oglethorpe County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oglethorpe: Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Madison, Taliaferro and Wilkes.

While not sharing a border with Oglethorpe, the following counties are close to Lexington: Oconee, Jackson and Morgan.

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
	Banks County	NW	Erastus	29 miles [46 km]
	Barrow County	W	Statham	28 miles [45 km]
	Clarke County	W	Shoal Creek Farms	10 miles [16 km]
	Elbert County	NE	Deadwylers Ferry	14 miles [22 km]
	Franklin County	N	Bragg Ferry	25 miles [40 km]
	Greene County	S	Bairdstown	11 miles [17 km]
	Hancock County	S	Gum Hill	30 miles [48 km]
	Hart County	N	Reeds	24 miles [38 km]
	Jackson County	NW	Center	21 miles [33 km]
	Lincoln County	E	Beulah	27 miles [43 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Georgia<3>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lexington. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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