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Excerpt from Miller's Lexington, N. C. City Directory, 1949-1950, Vol. 7: Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, Buyers' Guide, Numerical Telephone Directory Founded by pioneers in pre-revolutionary War Days and given the name Lexington shortly after the battle of Lexington, Massachusetts, in 1774, the present city of Lexington, North Carolina, was put on the map by act of the N. C. Legislature in 1822 immediately following the separa tion of Davidson and Rowan Counties. The city is located in the center of Davidson County, of which it is the county seat, in an area noteworthy because of its beautiful farms, the great number of textile, wood-working and hosiery plants and extensive dairying. Lexington, the county seat of Davidson County, has an elevation of feet and an area of square miles. Citizens enjoy a climate which is mild, equitable and free from severe storms. The average mean temperature is 62 degrees and the average rainfall is 51 inches The growing season is approximately 210 days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.