Lexington in Lee County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Lexington Schools

Photographed by Larry D. Moore, August 10, 2025

1. Lexington Schools Marker

Inscription. First local school session was held in 1849 in log home of Capt. James Shaw (1808-79), founder of Lexington, then in Burleson (since 1874 in Lee) County. Andrew Neill Lodge No. 138, A.F. & A.M., to which Shaw and other patrons belonged, joined with newly-formed School District No. 9 in 1854 to build a 2-story schoolhouse-lodge hall a mile south of town. In 1860 the school became Lexington Male and Female Academy, using same hall.

A frame schoolhouse (1892) and one of brick (1910) antedated the present plant that was begun in 1936 with high school building.

Erected 1972 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 8168.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1849.

Location. 30° 24.916′ N, 97° 0.365′ W. Marker is in Lexington, Texas, in Lee County. It is on Third Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lexington TX 78947, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Texas.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The First Baptist Church of Lexington (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); United Methodist Church of Lexington (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lexington Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Town of Lexington (approx. ¼ mile away); Lexington Masonic Lodge No. 138 (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lexington Memorial Cemetery (approx.

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half a mile away); Indian Camp Branch (approx. 0.9 miles away); Trinity Lutheran Church (approx. 7½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington.

Lexington Schools Marker Area image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Larry D. Moore, August 10, 2025

2. Lexington Schools Marker Area

Lexington High School Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Larry D. Moore, August 10, 2025

3. Lexington High School Plaque

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, October 18, 2025

4. Lexington Schools Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2025, by Larry D. Moore of Del Valle, Texas. This page has been viewed 129 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 22, 2025, by Larry D. Moore of Del Valle, Texas. 4. submitted on October 21, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas.