Lexington, California
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Lexington, California is a ghost town in Santa Clara County, now submerged by the Lexington Reservoir. It is located at latitude 341147N, longitude 1215914W; decimal degrees: latitude 37.19639, longitude -121.98722. The town was 550 feet above sea level.[1]
Originally located along Los Gatos Creek, Lexington was a stop on the stagecoach route from Los Gatos to Santa Cruz. In 1880, a narrow gauge railroad from Los Gatos to Santa Santa Cruz was completed, bypassing Lexington and leading to its gradual decline. The railroad ceased operations in March 1940, following major damage by a winter storm and the completion of State Route 17 that same year. When the Lexington Reservoir was created in 1952, Lexington was abandoned and SR 17 was rerouted to its present location; building foundations and original pavements of roads are sometimes visible during droughts. Another ghost town, Alma was south of Lexington and was also submerged by the resrvoir.[citation needed]
The nearby unincorportated town of Lexington Hills is a reminder of the former town; it combines several villages in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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