page_title: Lexington, South Carolina
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Lexington, South Carolina / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: Lake Murray, fall 2008, from the dam.
context_page_description: Lexington is the largest town in and the county seat of Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. Lexington is a suburb of the state's capital, Columbia. The population was 17,870 at the 2010 Census and it is the second-largest municipality in the greater Columbia area. The 2019 estimated population is 22,157. According to the Central Midlands Council of Governments, the greater Lexington area had an estimated population of 111,549 in 2020 and is considered the fastest-growing area in the Midlands. Lexington's town limits are bordered to the east by the city of West Columbia.
context_section_description: Slightly north of the town of Lexington rests one of South Carolina's major lakes, Lake Murray. The lake is held by a 1.7 mile long dam on which people are free to drive, bike, run, or walk across. The Saluda Dam, or Lake Murray Dam, provides electricity for the surrounding. There is also a public swimming area that is open during the summer months on the Lexington side of the dam.
  Lexington County Blowfish Baseball Stadium
  Lexington Community Band
  Icehouse Amphitheater-hosted FL's Sister Hazel in 2018, and Greenville's Edwin McCain in 2017
  Three public parks: (Virginia Hilton Park, Gibson Pond Park, and Corely Street Water Park).
  Lexington County Museum
  Fourteen-Mile Creek Trail
caption: Lake Murray Dam
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