لكسنگتون، كنتكي

Coordinates: 38°01′47″N 84°29′41″W / 38.02972°N 84.49472°W / 38.02972; -84.49472
لكسنگتون، كنتكي
Lexington, Kentucky
Consolidated city-county
Lexington-Fayette
Urban County
من أعلى، يسار إلى يمين: خط أفق لكسنگتون، ملعب رپ/مركز لكسنگتون، Keeneland Race Course, Donamire Farm, ملعب كروگر، مشجرة جامعة كنتكي، مبنى المحكمة القديم لمقاطعة فايـِت، NTRA headquarters
من أعلى، يسار إلى يمين: خط أفق لكسنگتون، ملعب رپ/مركز لكسنگتون، Keeneland Race Course, Donamire Farm, ملعب كروگر، مشجرة جامعة كنتكي، مبنى المحكمة القديم لمقاطعة فايـِت، NTRA headquarters
الكنية: 
عاصمة خيول العالم
الموقع في كومنولث كنتكي
الموقع في كومنولث كنتكي
لكسنگتون، كنتكي is located in الولايات المتحدة
لكسنگتون، كنتكي
لكسنگتون، كنتكي
الموقع في الولايات المتحدة
الإحداثيات: 38°01′47″N 84°29′41″W / 38.02972°N 84.49472°W / 38.02972; -84.49472
البلدالولايات المتحدة
الولايةكنتكي
المقاطعةفايـِت
تأسست1782[2]
Incorporated1831[2]
الحكومة
 • النوععمدة-مجلس
 • العمدةلندا گورتون (ج)
 • Urban County Council15-member legislative council
المساحة
 • Consolidated city-county739٫4 كم² (285٫5 ميل²)
 • البر736٫9 كم² (284٫5 ميل²)
 • الماء2٫6 كم² (1٫0 ميل²)
 • الحضر
226٫7 كم² (87٫5 ميل²)
المنسوب
298 m (978 ft)
التعداد
 (2018)
 • Consolidated city-county323٬780[1]
 • الترتيبUS: 60th
Kentucky: 2nd
 • الكثافة364٫5/km2 (1٬042٫8/sq mi)
 • Urban
312٬263
 • العمرانية
516٬697 (US: 107th)
 • CSA
760٬528(US: 70th)
 • Demonym
Lexingtonian
منطقة التوقيتUTC−5 (EST)
 • الصيف (التوقيت الصيفي)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
40502–40517, 40522–40524, 40526, 40533, 40536, 40544, 40546, 40550, 40555, 40574–40583, 40588, 40591, 40598
Area code859
المطارمطار بلو گراس
LEX (إقليمي)
InterstatesI-64 (KY).svgI-75 (KY 1957).svg
U.S. RoutesUS 25 (1961).svgUS 27 (1961).svgUS 60 (1961).svgUS 68 (1961).svgUS 421 (1961).svg
State RoutesElongated circle 4.svgElongated circle 922.svgElongated circle 1927.svgElongated circle 1968.svgElongated circle 1974.svg
الطرق المائيةنهر كنتكي
الموقع الإلكترونيwww.lexingtonky.gov

لكسنگتون Lexington هي ثاني أكبر مدينة في كنتكي والمدينة رقم 60 من حيث التعداد في الولايات المتحدة. وتُعرف بكنية "عاصمة خيول العالم"، هي قلب منطقة بلوگراس في الولاية. المعالم البارزة في المدينة تضم Kentucky Horse Park, The Red Mile وكين‌لاند race courses, Rupp Arena, Transylvania University, the University of Kentucky, and Bluegrass Community and Technical College. Lexington ranks 10th among US cities in college education rate, with 39.5% of residents having at least a bachelor's degree.[3]

في تقدير تعداد الولايات المتحدة لعام 2018، بلغ تعداد المدينة 323,780 نسمة، كمركز لمنطقة عمرانية تعداد سكانها 516,697 نسمة و منطقة إحصائية مجمعة تعدادها 760,528 نسمة. By land area, Lexington is the 28th largest city in the United States. The city is consolidated entirely within Fayette County, and vice versa. It has a nonpartisan mayor-council form of government, with 12 council districts and three members elected at large, with the highest vote-getter designated vice mayor.

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الديمغرافيا

التعداد التاريخي
التعداد Pop. %±
1790834—
18001٬795115٫2%
18104٬326141�0%
18205٬27021٫8%
18306٬02614٫3%
18406٬99716٫1%
18508٬15916٫6%
18609٬32114٫2%
187014٬80158٫8%
188016٬65612٫5%
189021٬56729٫5%
190026٬36922٫3%
191035٬09933٫1%
192041٬53418٫3%
193045٬73610٫1%
194049٬3047٫8%
195055٬53412٫6%
196062٬81013٫1%
1970108٬13772٫2%
1980204٬16588٫8%
1990225٬36610٫4%
2000260٬51215٫6%
2010295٬80313٫5%
2018 (تق.)323٬780[1]9٫5%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]



المناخ

Climate data for لكسنگتون، كنتكي (مطار بلو گراس)، الاعتيادية 1981–2010، القصوى 1872–الحاضر
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 80
(27) 		80
(27) 		86
(30) 		91
(33) 		96
(36) 		104
(40) 		108
(42) 		105
(41) 		103
(39) 		93
(34) 		83
(28) 		75
(24) 		108
(42)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 63.4
(17.4) 		67.8
(19.9) 		75.8
(24.3) 		82.0
(27.8) 		86.2
(30.1) 		91.5
(33.1) 		93.7
(34.3) 		94.0
(34.4) 		89.8
(32.1) 		82.6
(28.1) 		74.2
(23.4) 		64.4
(18.0) 		95.7
(35.4)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 40.9
(4.9) 		45.6
(7.6) 		55.4
(13.0) 		65.8
(18.8) 		74.4
(23.6) 		82.9
(28.3) 		86.1
(30.1) 		85.6
(29.8) 		78.8
(26.0) 		67.5
(19.7) 		55.4
(13.0) 		43.9
(6.6) 		65.3
(18.5)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 24.9
(−3.9) 		28.1
(−2.2) 		35.7
(2.1) 		44.7
(7.1) 		53.9
(12.2) 		62.5
(16.9) 		66.3
(19.1) 		65.0
(18.3) 		57.5
(14.2) 		46.6
(8.1) 		37.3
(2.9) 		28.0
(−2.2) 		46.0
(7.8)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 2.2
(−16.6) 		7.0
(−13.9) 		17.4
(−8.1) 		27.2
(−2.7) 		38.8
(3.8) 		49.1
(9.5) 		56.0
(13.3) 		54.3
(12.4) 		42.2
(5.7) 		30.4
(−0.9) 		21.2
(−6.0) 		7.9
(−13.4) 		−2.3
(−19.1)
Record low °F (°C) −21
(−29) 		−20
(−29) 		−2
(−19) 		15
(−9) 		26
(−3) 		39
(4) 		47
(8) 		42
(6) 		32
(0) 		20
(−7) 		−3
(−19) 		−19
(−28) 		−21
(−29)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.20
(81) 		3.20
(81) 		4.07
(103) 		3.60
(91) 		5.26
(134) 		4.44
(113) 		4.65
(118) 		3.25
(83) 		2.91
(74) 		3.13
(80) 		3.53
(90) 		3.93
(100) 		45.17
(1٬147)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 3.9
(9.9) 		4.6
(12) 		1.4
(3.6) 		0.3
(0.76) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0.3
(0.76) 		2.5
(6.4) 		13.0
(33)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 12.1 11.1 12.4 12.1 12.5 10.9 10.4 8.7 7.8 8.7 10.7 12.4 129.8
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 4.8 3.7 1.4 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 3.0 13.7
Source: NOAA[5][6]

الحكم والسياسة

انظر أيضاً: حكومة كنتكي

Federally, Lexington is part of Kentucky's 6th congressional district, represented by Republican Andy Barr, first elected in 2012.

In 1974, the governments of the city of Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky combined to create the current Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Lexington has an elected mayor and city council-style of government.

العمدة

On November 2, 2010, Vice Mayor Jim Gray defeated Mayor Jim Newberry to become Lexington’s first openly gay mayor. He was re-elected in 2014 but passed up a third and final term in 2018 to run for Congress. He lost the Democratic primary to Amy McGrath. Linda Gorton, who had been vice mayor in his first term, defeated former police chief Ronnie Bastin for mayor.

مجلس المقاطعة الحضري

The Urban County Council is a 15-member legislative group. Twelve of the members represent specific districts and serve two-year terms; three are elected citywide as at-large council members and serve four-year terms. The at-large member receiving the highest number of votes in the general election automatically becomes the vice mayor, who in the absence of the mayor, is the presiding officer of the council. The council members as of 2019 are:[7]

Robert F. Stephens Courthouse
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Building
عضو المجلس المقاطعة نهاية مدته
Steve Kay[8] نائب العمدة 2022
Richard Moloney[9] At-large 2022
Chuck Ellinger II[10] At-large 2022
James Brown[11] 1st 2020
Josh McCurn[12] 2nd 2020
Jake Gibbs[13] 3rd 2020
Susan Lamb[14] 4th 2020
Bill Farmer, Jr.[15] 5th 2020
Angela Evans[16] 6th 2020
Preston Worley[17] 7th 2020
Fred Brown[18] 8th 2020
Jennifer Mossotti[19] 9th 2020
Amanda Mays Bledsoe[20] 10th 2020
Jennifer Reynolds[21] 11th 2020
Kathy Plomin[22] 12th 2020

District Council Member Terms end on December 31, 2020. At-Large Council Member Terms end on December 31, 2022.


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Notes

References

  1. ^ أ ب "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018". Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  2. ^ أ ب Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Lexington, Kentucky". Accessed September 18, 2013.
  3. ^ Degrees & Training – Most-Educated Cities in the United States. MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on October 18, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  5. ^ "NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  6. ^ "Station Name: KY LEXINGTON BLUEGRASS AP". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  7. ^ "Councilmembers | City of Lexington". Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Vice Mayor". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Council-at-large 1st member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Council-at-large 2nd member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  11. ^ "1st district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  12. ^ "2nd district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  13. ^ "3rd district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  14. ^ "4th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  15. ^ "5th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  16. ^ "6th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  17. ^ "7th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  18. ^ "8th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  19. ^ "9th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  20. ^ "Council District 10, Amanda Mays Bledsoe". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  21. ^ "Council District 11, Jennifer Reynolds". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  22. ^ "12th district council member". Retrieved 8 June 2017.

Further reading

انظر أيضاً: Bibliography of the history of Lexington, Kentucky
  • Gelbert, Doug. A Walking Tour of Lexington, Kentucky (2011) excerpt and text search
  • Leet, Karen M. et al. Civil War Lexington, KY: Bluegrass Breeding Ground of Power (2011) excerpt and text search
  • Hollingsworth, Randolph (2004). Lexington: Queen of the Bluegrass. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Press. ISBN 9780738524665.
  • Jillson, Willard Rouse (October 1929). "The Founding of Lexington, Kentucky". Filson Club History Quarterly. 3 (5).
  • Klotter, James C.; Rowland, Daniel, eds. (2012). Bluegrass Renaissance: The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792–1852. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813136073. (emphasis on the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe and "neoclassical" Lexington)
  • Smith, Gerald L. Lexington Kentucky (KY) (Black America) (2002)
  • Wilson, Samuel M. (January 1930). "Date of the First Settlement of Lexington, Kentucky". Filson Club History Quarterly. 4 (1).
  • Wright, John D., Jr. Lexington: Heart of the Bluegrass (1994); 244pp; a history

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