Near County Highway 309 2.2 miles north of County Highway 696, on the right when traveling west.
Following his service in the Civil War, Alabama native R.L. Cain came to Texas and settled in this area. In 1867, he deeded five acres to Lee County for a cemetery for this area, known then as Cain School community. The settlement's name changed to . . . — — Map (db m205355) HM
On Third Street at Burns Street, on the right when traveling east on Third Street.
The Rev. E.E. Lee of the nearby Prospect Church inspired elders John Claybaugh, J.W.D. Creath, D. Fisher, and J.G. Thomas, with nine charter members, to organize this church in Jan. 1855. The original building was erected later that year. The Rev. . . . — — Map (db m205374) HM
On U.S. 77 at South Rockdale Street (Farm to Market Road 696), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 77.
Located along an old buffalo trail, this creek was once fed by a spring and was a favorite camping place for Indian hunting parties. It was named Indian Camp Branch by James Shaw (1808-1879), a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836), . . . — — Map (db m205378) HM
On Main Street at Fourth Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Chartered in 1854, when Lexington was part of Burleson County, the community's Masonic lodge was first named in honor of Andrew Neill, a Texas War for Independence veteran. The lodge's first officers were John M. Doak, Titus H. Mundine and John B. . . . — — Map (db m205360) HM
On County Highway 410 0.2 miles east of U.S. 77, on the left when traveling east.
A Methodist Episcopal Church locally known as the German Methodist Church, was organized in Lexington in 1882. The church purchased two acres of land for a cemetery in November 1898. The first recorded burials on this site were those of two-year-old . . . — — Map (db m205391) HM
On Third Street, on the right when traveling east.
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 . . . — — Map (db m282420) HM
On Wheatley Street at 3rd Street on Wheatley Street.
Settled in 1837 in area then part of Burleson County; named for Massachusetts town where the American Revolution began. First inhabitants of the area were Tonkawa Indians. The first white settler was James Shaw (1808-1879), a young surveyor and . . . — — Map (db m205361) HM
On North Rockdale Street, on the right when traveling north on North Rockdale Street.
The Lexington Methodist Episcopal Church, South, appears in the records of the east Texas conference as early as 1850, with the Rev. Jefferson Shook assigned as pastor. Its history, however, can be traced through the histories of four other Lee . . . — — Map (db m205369) HM
