Editing Lexington, South Carolina (section)

===Post-revolution===
Until 1820, [[Granby, South Carolina|Granby]] was the county seat of Lexington County, but chronic flooding forced the local government to move the courthouse to its present location in Lexington. The area was known by locals as the "Lexington Courthouse" and was not incorporated as the Town of Lexington until 1861.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.carolana.com/SC/Towns/Lexington_SC.html|title=A History of Lexington}}</ref><ref name="Lexington History">{{cite web |title=Lexington History |url=https://www.lexsc.com/329/Lexington-History |website=lexsc.com |publisher=Town of Lexington |access-date=July 25, 2022}}</ref>

During [[Sherman's March to the Sea]] in the [[American Civil War]], much of the town of Lexington was destroyed by Union forces as they protected [[William Tecumseh Sherman|William Sherman's]] western flank as Union troops attacked Columbia. Most of the town of Lexington, including the courthouse, were torched and burned. Like much of the South after the Civil War, Lexington struggled economically, but local farms and the lumber industry helped stabilize the economy after [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]]. Many current brick buildings were built in the aftermath of severe fires in 1894 and 1916.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lexsc.com/lexington_history_index.htm |title=Town of Lexington - History |access-date=January 1, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207105127/http://www.lexsc.com/lexington_history_index.htm |archive-date=December 7, 2014 }}</ref> By the 1890s, the Columbia to Augusta Railroad and the Lexington Textile Mill prompted the town to grow.

With the advent of the automobile in the 1920s and its mass production in the 1940s and 1950s, Lexington continued to grow as a suburb of [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]. Additionally, the creation of [[Lake Murray (South Carolina)|Lake Murray]] in 1930 encouraged many to move to Lexington. Between the 1990 Census and the 2000 Census, Lexington's population increased by 198%, and by 83% between the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]] and the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].