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Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY
Kentucky · Fayette County · Lexington-Fayette Metro
Lexington-Fayette urban county is a large city in Kentucky with a population of 321,122. Residents earn $67,631 per year, which is 10% below the national average.
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321,122
Population
1,131/sq mi density
$67,631
Median Income
$42,272 per capita
$272,100
Home Value
$318,658 Zillow
$1,101
Median Rent
29.9% income on rent
57°F
Avg Temperature
286 sunny days/yr
180
Violent Crime/100K
3,707 property/100K
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Overall
3.5 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
3.9 / 5.0
$67,631 median income, 3.4% unemployment
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Affordability
4.4 / 5.0
$272,100 home value, $1,101/mo rent
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Safety
1.0 / 5.0
180 violent crimes/100K (53% below avg)
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Education
4.8 / 5.0
47.3% bachelor's degree or higher
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Historic Markers Near Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY
128 historical markers from the Historical Marker Database (HMdb) found near Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Childhood Home | Road to the 19th Amendment. Marker can be reached from Sycamore Road near Fincastle Road. |
| Fairness Ordinance | Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and South Martin Luther King Boulevard, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| Joyland Park Paris Pike | 1923-64. Marker is on Paris Pike (U.S. 27) west of Kingston Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| Black Lexingtonians Believed Strongly in Education 1865 | Empowerment through Learning. Marker is on Church Street west of North Limestone Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Jeffrey Wasson | Marker is at the intersection of Water Street and Quality Street, on the left when traveling north on Water Street. |
| Deweese (Dewees) St. Neighborhood / African American Business District | Marker is at the intersection of Elm Tree Lane and East Third Street, on the right when traveling south on Elm Tree Lane. |
| From Enslaved to Community Activist / The Original Power Couple | 1871. Marker is at the intersection of North Limestone Street and East Short Street, on the right when traveling north on North Limestone Street. |
| From Enslaved to the Presidency / From Slavery to Liberation | 1871. Marker is at the intersection of West Second Street and Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west on West Second Street. |
| Historic LGBTQ Site | Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 421) and Esplanade, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| Kentucky Educational Television / KET, the Kentucky Network | Marker is on Cooper Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| Lexington's Long History with Slavery / Driven by Money | 1820. Marker is at the intersection of North Limestone Street and West Short Street, on the left when traveling north on North Limestone Street. |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar High School | 1922-1967. Marker is on North Upper Street south of West 6th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| Peaceful Protests for Equality / Turning a Blind Eye to a Movement | 1960. Marker is at the intersection of South Mill Street and West Main Street (U.S. 25), on the right when traveling north on South Mill Street. |
| Strength in Numbers / Forcing a Change | 1961. Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 25) and South Limestone Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| Taking Politician Henry Clay to Court 1829 | Suing for Freedom. Marker is on North Mill Street north of Church Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| Thriving Black Entrepreneurs | Freed Blacks Lived in this Neighborhood. Marker is on South Limestone north of West Maxwell Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| Garden Club of Lexington / Ashland Garden | Marker can be reached from Sycamore Road near Fincastle Road. |
| Mentelle Park / Mentelle School | Marker is on Mentelle Park north of Richmond Road (U.S. 25/421), in the median. |
| Rotary Club of Lexington / Phoenix Hotel | Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 60) and North Limestone, on the left when traveling north on East Main Street. |
| A&M College at Ashland | Marker can be reached from Sycamore Road near Fincastle Road. |
| Florence Crittenton Home | Marker is on West 4th Street north of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| Historic Botherum | Marker is on Madison Place south of West High Street (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling south. |
| Lexington's First Airport | Marker is at the intersection of Boiling Springs Drive and Old Leestown Road, in the median on Boiling Springs Drive. |
| Second Presbyterian Church | Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (Business U.S. 25) and Ransom Avenue, on the right when traveling south on East Main Street. |
| St. Paul Catholic Church | Marker is at the intersection of West Short Street and Algonquin Street, on the left when traveling south on West Short Street. |
| Family & Consumer Sciences Extension in Kentucky / Myrtle Weldon (1890-1971) | Marker is at the intersection of Farm Road and University Drive, on the left when traveling west on Farm Road. |
| Glengarry Field-Cool Meadow / Fasig-Tipton Since 1898 | Marker is on Newtown Pike (Kentucky Route 922), on the right when traveling north. |
| Major P.P. Johnston, CSA | Marker is on Johnston Road (State Highway 3367) ½ mile south of Peter Pan Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| Class Competitions / Tug of War | Marker can be reached from Hilltop Avenue north of University Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| Methodism in Lexington / First United Methodist Church | Marker is at the intersection of West High Street (Kentucky Route 1974) and South Upper Street, on the left when traveling east on West High Street. |
| Artistides | Marker can be reached from McGrathians Pky.. |
| Hunt-Morgan House | Marker is on North Mill Street, 0.1 miles north of West 2nd. Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| Old Episcopal Burying Ground / Burials in the Cemetery | Marker is on East Third Street north of Elm Tree Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
| Christ Church Cathedral | Marker is on Market Street, 0 miles north of Church St., on the right when traveling north. |
| Kenton's Blue Hole | Marker is on Parkers Mill Road (Kentucky Route 1968) north of Chinquapin Lane, on the left when traveling north. |
| Ashland Park / Olmsted Brothers In KY | Marker is at the intersection of South Hanover Avenue and East Main Street (U.S. 25&421), in the median on South Hanover Avenue. |
| Lexington | 1850-1875. Marker is on W. Main Street (U.S. 421, 25) east of W. Vine Street (U.S. 421), on the right when traveling west. |
| Lexington Historic Distillery District | Marker is on Manchester Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| Margaret Isadora King / Margaret I. King Library | Marker can be reached from Funkhouser Drive. |
| Vertner Woodson Tandy | 1885 - 1949. Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 25, 421) west of Jefferson Street (Kentucky Route 1928), on the left when traveling west. |
| First Presbyterian Church | Marker is on North Mill Street, 0.1 miles south of West 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| Mary Todd Lincoln House | Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 25, 421) and Tucker Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| What's in a Name? | Marker can be reached from Patterson Drive. |
| Ashland / Clay & Abraham Lincoln | Marker is on Fincastle Road close to Sycamore Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| Boone's Station | Marker is on Gentry Road, 0.3 miles east of North Baxter Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. |
| Hampton Court | Marker is on Hampton Court north of West 3rd Street, in the median. |
| Maddoxtown | Marker is at the intersection of Huffman Mill Pike and Brilliant Lane, on the right when traveling west on Huffman Mill Pike. |
| Lewis and Clark in Kentucky | William Clark In Lexington / Meriwether Lewis In Lexington. Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 421, 60) and South Limestone Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| Thomas D. Clark | 1903-2005. Marker can be reached from Patterson Drive south of Administration Drive. |
| Kentucky Kernel | |
| Lewis and Clark in Kentucky / George Shannon | Marker is at the intersection of North Upper Street and West 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on North Upper Street. |
| Lexington Public Library 1905 - 1989 / A Carnegie Library | Marker is on West Second Street. |
| Sayre Female Institute / David Austin Sayre | / 1793-1870. Marker is on North Limestone west of Templeman Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| The Pope Villa (1811-13) | Marker is on Grosvenor Avenue south of Rose Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| Main Building | Marker is on Administration Drive, 0.1 miles S. Limestone (U.S. 27), on the right when traveling east. |
| Mammoth Insurance Co. / Polk's Infirmary | Marker is on Deweese Street south of Elm Tree Lane, on the left when traveling south. |
| African Cemetery No. 2 | Marker is on East 7th Street south of Pemberton Lane, on the right when traveling south. |
| Slavery in Fayette Co. / Cheapside Slave Auction Block | Marker is at the intersection of West Short Street and North Upper Street on West Short Street. |
| Barker Hall and Buell Armory | Marker is at the intersection of Administration Drive and Patterson Drive, on the left when traveling north on Administration Drive. |
| Maxwell Place | Marker can be reached from Rose Street. |
| Scovell Hall / M.A. Scovell 1855-1912 | Marker is at the intersection of South Limestone (U.S. 27) and Huguelet Drive, on the right when traveling north on South Limestone. |
| Gillis Building 1889 | Marker is on Administration Drive north of South Limestone (U.S. 27), on the right when traveling north. |
| Colored Orphan Industrial Home | Marker is on Georgetown Street (U.S. 25) north of Ash Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| Lexington Colored Fair Association / Successful Enterprise | Marker is on Georgetown Road (U.S. 25) 0.1 miles north of Nandino Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| African American Physicians | Marker is on N. Broadway Road (U.S. 27, 68) near West Main Street (U.S. 421), on the right when traveling north. |
| James Lane Allen | (1849-1925). Marker is on Market Street, 0.1 miles west of West 3rd. Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| Madeline M. Breckinridge / Kentucky Suffrage Leader | Marker can be reached from Sycamore Road close to Richmond Road. |
| Adolph F. Rupp (1901-77) | Marker is on Avenue of Champions, 0.2 miles east of S. Limestone (U.S. 27), on the right when traveling west. |
| Historic Land | Marker is at the intersection of West Maxwell Street (U.S. 60) and Patterson Street, on the right when traveling east on West Maxwell Street. |
| Silversmith Shop | Marker is at the intersection of Mill Street and Short Street, on the right when traveling north on Mill Street. |
| Thomas Satterwhite Noble | Marker is at the intersection of West Third Street and Blackburn Avenue on West Third Street. |
| Boone's Creek Baptist Church | Marker is on North Cleveland Road north of Democrat Boulevard, on the left when traveling north. |
| Breckinridge's Last Home | Marker is on 2nd. Street east of Bruce Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| Masterson's Station | Marker is at the intersection of Leestown Road (U.S. 421) and Ruffian Way, on the right when traveling north on Leestown Road. |
| Thomas Hunt Morgan / Genetic Research | Marker is on North Broadway Street (U.S. 27 & 68) north of West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| Mt. Horeb Presbyterian Church | Marker is at the intersection of Iron Works Pike (County Route 1973) and Mount Horeb Pike, on the left when traveling east on Iron Works Pike. |
| Henry Clay's Law Office | Marker is on North Mill Street, 0.1 miles south of West 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| Lexington Courthouses / Cheapside | Marker is on Cheapside, on the right when traveling north. |
| Lexington Named / Lexington Settled | Marker is at the intersection of Old Frankfort Road and McConnell Springs Road, on the right when traveling east on Old Frankfort Road. |
| Col. Robert Patterson (1753-1827) / Patterson Cabin | Marker is on West 3rd Street west of North Mill Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| Early Land Grant | Marker is on Coronado Ridge, 0.1 miles south of Sprinters Trail, on the right when traveling south. |
| First Inauguration | Marker is on W. Main Street (U.S. 60, 421) east of N. Broadway Road (U.S. 68), on the right when traveling east. |
| Lexington Cemetery | Marker is on West Main Street (U.S. 421) west of Newtown Pike (U.S. 25), on the right when traveling west. |
| Pioneer Burying Ground | Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (Route 421, 25) and Felix Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| Preston's Cave Spring | Marker is on Dunkirk Drive east of Dunkirk Court, on the right when traveling west. |
| Samuel Brown, M.D. (1769 - 1830) | Marker is on Market Street. |
| Town Branch | Marker is on West Main Street (U.S. 421, 25) 0.2 miles west of Algonquin Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| Transylvania Pavilion | Marker is on Market Street, 0.1 miles south of West 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| Dr. Luke P. Blackburn Correctional Complex / Blackburn Correctional Complex | Marker can be reached from Spurr Road (Kentucky Route 1977). |
| Lexington | Marker is at the intersection of Nicholasville Road (U.S. 27) and Moore Drive, on the right when traveling north on Nicholasville Road. |
| Pioneer Leaders Founded Church | Marker is on Walnut Hill Road, 0.1 miles west of Old Richmond Road (U.S. 25/421), on the right when traveling west. |
| Wing Commander / Famous Saddle Horse | Marker is on Mt. Horeb Pike, 0 miles north of Iron Works Pike (Kentucky Route 1973), on the right when traveling north. |
| Clay Villa, ca. 1845 | Marker is on Forest Avenue west of Sayre Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| Fairlawn, ca. 1845 / Dr. Benjamin Dudley | Marker is on North Broadway (U.S. 27/68) north of Kenyon Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| Fayette County | Marker is on West Main Street (U.S. 421). |
| Man o' War / Man o' War (1917-1947) | Marker is on Georgetown Road (Route 25) ¼ mile north of Citation Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| Oldest House in Lexington | Marker is on South Mill Street south of West High Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| School Of Medicine | Marker is at the intersection of West 2nd Street and North Broadway Street (U.S. 27 & 68), on the right when traveling west on West 2nd Street. |
| ← Cave Spring | Marker is on Athens Walnut Hill Road, 0.7 miles west of Interstate 75, on the left when traveling west. |
| Old Morrison / Transylvania Alumni | Marker can be reached from West 3rd Street, near North Upper Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| Ellerslie | Marker is on Richmond Road (U.S. 25, 421) south of Lake Park Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| Architects Shryock / Another Shryock | Marker is at the intersection of North Broadway and West 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on North Broadway. |
| Samuel Boone | Marker is on Gentry Road just east of North Baxter Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. |
| A Founder of D.A.R. | Marker is on West Maxwell Street east of South Mill Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| U.S. Vice President | Marker is at the intersection of Cheapside and West Short Street on Cheapside. |
| Coldstream Farm | Marker is on Newtown Pike (County Route 922) south of Aristides Blvd., on the right when traveling south. |
| John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864) | Marker is on North Upper Street near West Main Street (Route 25 / 60), on the right when traveling south. <font color=red> Reported permanently removed.</font> |
| "Ashland" | Marker can be reached from Sycamore Road close to Richmond Road. |
| Beck House | Marker is on High Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| Bryan's Station | Marker is on Bryan Station Road (State Highway 57), on the right when traveling west. |
| Colonel George Nicholas | Marker is on East 3rd Street west of Elm Tree Lane, on the left when traveling east. |
| Desegregation of UK / Lyman T. Johnson | / 1906- 1997. Marker is on Hilltop Avenue north of University Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| Eastern State Hospital | Marker is on Newtown Pike close to Booker Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| First Race Course | Marker is on South Broadway (U.S. 68), on the right when traveling south. |
| Fort Clay | Marker is on West High Street (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling east. |
| Groundbreaking Doctor | 1903. Marker is at the intersection of North Limestone and Rand Avenue, on the left when traveling east on North Limestone. |
| Jefferson Davis | Marker is at the intersection of High Street (State Road 1974) and Limestone Street, on the left when traveling west on High Street. |
| Lexington | Marker is on Versailles Road (U.S. 60) east of Mason Headley Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| Lexington | Marker is at the intersection of Paris Pike (U.S. 27/68) and Rogers Road, on the right when traveling west on Paris Pike. |
| Living Faith | This site housed the first Black congregation west of the Alleghenies. Marker is at the intersection of Deweese Street and East Short Street, on the right when traveling west on Deweese Street. |
| Main Street Christian Church | Marker is on East Main Street (U.S. 25, 421) 0.2 miles west of Martin Luther King Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. |
| Mary Todd Lincoln | Marker is on West Short Street. |
| Morgan House | Marker is at the intersection of North Mill Street and West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on North Mill Street. |
| Todd House | Marker can be reached from West Main Street (U.S. 421). |
| Transylvania University | Marker is on West 3rd. Street, 0.1 miles west of Market Street, on the right when traveling west. <font color=red> Reported missing.</font> |
| U.S. President A Day | Marker is at the intersection of Tates Creek Road (Kentucky Route 1974) and Dove Run Road, on the right when traveling south on Tates Creek Road. <font color=red> Reported missing.</font> |
| Wanting Everyone to Have a Vote | Marker is at the intersection of South Broadway (U.S. 68) and West Main Street, on the left when traveling north on South Broadway. |
| WBKY/WUKY | Marker can be reached from Graham Avenue north of Gladstone Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |