Form of Government: Board of Selectman, Town Manager and Representative Town Meeting
2000 Population: 30,355 Fun Facts:
1. On Lexington’s Battle Green, April 19, 1775, Colonel John Parker assembled his men to confront the British, declaring “Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
2. Lexington was originally known as Cambridge Farms.
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