THE LEXINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Loess Prairies setting.
Lexington city has 5.23 square miles of land in Lafayette County. Its Census reference point is in Rolling Loess Prairies, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Lexington and Lafayette County
Lexington is associated with Lafayette County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Lexington by land and water
The Census records 0.23 square miles of water within Lexington, or 4.2% of its total area. It is 2.5 percentage points higher than the 1.6% recorded for Lafayette County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lexington city has 8.8 times the land area of nearby Henrietta city (0.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

