Lexington, OR

Lexington is a city in Morrow County, Oregon, United States. The 2020 census counted 238 residents. Lexington is part of the Pendleton–Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area. Lexington was named by early settler William Penland for his hometown of Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Oregon setting. The local scoop is how Lexington's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The Lexington post office was established in 1885. Lexington is in central Morrow County, between the Columbia River 25 miles to the north and the Blue Mountains the same distance to the southeast. The town is along Oregon Route 74, about 9 miles northwest of Heppner, the Morrow county seat.