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Lexington is an independent city within the confines of Rockbridge County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 6,867 at the 2000 census. Lexington is about 55 minutes east of the West Virginia border and is about 50 miles north of Roanoke, Virginia. It was first settled in 1777.

It is home to the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and Washington and Lee University. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County.

Points of interest
Virginia Military Institute
Washington and Lee University
Robert E. Lee grave site, found in Lee Chapel on the W&L campus.
Stonewall Jackson grave site
Sam Houston place of birth (Nearby)
Sigma Nu Fraternity International Headquarters
Boxerwood Gardens

Stonewall Jackson House, 8 East Washington StreetUnion General David Hunter led a raid on Virginia Military Institute during the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried here. It is also the site of the only house Jackson ever owned, now open to the public as a museum.

Sam Houston, 19th century statesman, politician and soldier, and, as of 2005, the only person in U.S. history to have been the governor of two different states — Tennessee and Texas — was born near here. At the Sam Houston Wayside is a 38,000 pound piece of Texas pink granite commemorating Houston's birthplace.

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