page_title: Lexington County, South Carolina
section_title: Tourism and Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Lexington County, South Carolina / Tourism and Attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: Lake Murray, fall 2008, from the dam.
context_page_description: Lexington County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 262,391, and the 2019 population estimate was 298,750. Its county seat and largest town is Lexington. The county was chartered in 1785 and was named in commemoration of Lexington, Massachusetts, the site of the Battle of Lexington in the American Revolutionary War. Lexington County is the sixth-largest county in South Carolina and is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
context_section_description: Lake Murray
  Riverbanks Zoo
  Riverbanks Botanical Garden
  Riverbanks Waterfall Junction and waterpark
  Lexington County Museum
  Lake Murray Dam
  Lexington County Baseball Stadium
  Cayce-West Columbia Riverwalk
  Fourteen-mile Creek Trail
  Columbiana Centre
caption: Lake Murray Dam generates electricity for the region. The lake serves as an attraction for fishing, boating, swimming, and walking.
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