I visited Stonewall's house...........a museum now..........i didn't have enough to take the tour..........but talked to a woman who worked there.................and told me that she was born there...........that at one point the place was a hospital............

History[edit]

Lexington was named in 1778. It was one of the first of what would be many American places named after Lexington, Massachusetts, known for being the place at which the first shot was fired in the American Revolution.^[5]

The Union General David Hunter led a raid on Virginia Military Institute during the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jacksonare buried here. It is the site of the only house Jackson ever owned, now open to the public as a museum. Cyrus McCormick invented the horse-drawn mechanical reaper at his family's farm in Rockbridge County and a statue of McCormick is located on the Washington and Lee University campus. McCormick Farm is now owned by Virginia Tech and is a satellite agricultural research center.

Geography[edit]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km²), virtually all of which is land.^[6] The Maury River, a tributary of the James River, forms the city's northeastern boundary.

Climate[edit]

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Lexington has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.^[7]