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Shortly after the 1821 creation of Henderson County, a site near its center was chosen as a county seat, and was named in honor of Lexington, Massachusetts, site of the first battle of the American Revolution. Land Grant holder Samuel Wilson gave the land for the town, retaining a lot on the square where his house was already situated. The square is oriented so the corners point to the cardinal points on the compass. The first county courthouse was built in 1823; Lexington was incorporated in 1824 and by 1830 had a population of 260. As the lead up to the Civil War began, Henderson County voted against secession. As the war progressed, both Union and Confederate regiments were recruited in the county. The area in and around Lexington was the site of a skirmish on December 18, 1862. Union Colonel Robert Ingersoll sent his troops to destroy a bridge over Beech Creek to disallow the Confederate army moving into the area. However, Ingersoll's troops did not destroy the bridge, and General Nathan Bedford Forrest's troops headed into Lexington. Forrest's troops overtook the Union soldiers, taking over 140 men, including Colonel Ingersoll, and collected artillery and supplies left behind by Union soldiers who escaped. In 1918, an African American man called Berry Noyse who was accused of killing the sheriff was lynched by a mob in the courthouse square and burned in the street.

Lexington is in central Henderson County. U. S. Route 412 (Church Street) is the main road through the city, leading east 85 mile (137 km) to Columbia and west 27 mile (43 km) to Jackson. Tennessee State Route 22 (Broad Street) crosses US 412 in the center of Lexington, leading north 9 mile (14 km) to Interstate 40 at Parkers Crossroads and south 20 mile (32 km) to Milledgeville. According to the United States Census Bureau, Lexington has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.34%, are water. The Beech River, an east flowing tributary of the Tennessee River, runs through the southwestern part of the city. Lexington is 7 mile (11 km) southwest of Natchez Trace State Park.

+Lexington racial compositionRaceNum. Perc. White (non Hispanic)6,08576.48%Black or African American (non Hispanic)1,03713.03%Native American120.15%Asian640.8%Other/Mixed4505.66%Hispanic or Latino3083.87%
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,956 people, 3,150 households, and 1,915 families residing in the city.

As of the census The center offers all courses required to earn an associate degree in General Studies, and offers other courses that may be credited towards additional degrees from the main campus in Jackson, Tennessee, or may be transferred to other universities.

The Lexington Henderson County Everett Horn Public Library serves the city. Lexington is home to the very popular Beech Lake. Lexington has one museum, Beech River Heritage Museum, that holds a variety of historical artifacts of Lexington and Henderson County. Lexington was the setting of a 1994 episode of The X Files called "E. B. E."

Lexington claims to be the barbecue capital of the country; it supposedly has more barbecue restaurants per capita than any other city in the United States.

Henderson County Community Hospital is located in and serves the Lexington area.

From 1935 to 1938, Lexington was home to a Minor League Baseball team that played in the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League. Known as the Lexington Giants from 1935 to 1938, the team was renamed the Lexington Bees when it became a farm club of the National League's Boston Bees in 1938.