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Located in the southeastern corner of Anoka <br />County the City of Lexington is a small <br />suburban community of nearly 3,000 <br />residents. The very proud and tight-knit <br />community is adjacent to the I-35W freeway <br />providing easy access to virtually anywhere in <br />the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. <br />Lexington is host to a variety of businesses, <br />retail shops, restaurants, and several very <br />popular entertainment venues. The Northway <br />Shopping Center located along the central <br />corridor of Lake Drive includes a grocery store <br />that provides goods and services to a much <br />larger area population base. <br />Lexington Memorial Park is a popular venue for summer little league teams from throughout the region. <br />Residents enjoy a variety of other recreational amenities associated with this very large park complex. <br />The City of Lexington was incorporated as a village in 1950. Leo Ryan was a local civic leader who was <br />instrumental in organizing the petition for the new village. Ryan suggested that the village be named <br />Lexington in honor of his old army unit, the First Pioneer Infantry Regiment which was formed at the <br />beginning of the Revolutionary War. That unit met the British in the Battle of Lexington. <br />Various City themes and names now revolve around the Revolutionary War and Battle of Lexington, <br />Minutemen Lane. The citizens of the City of Lexington are very proud of their history, heritage, and home <br />town. <br />12 <br /> <br />