Lexington is a town in Morrow County, Oregon, United States.

[7] Sheep ranching was important in the region during the days of early settlement by non-natives.

It continues in the 21st century and has been joined by wheat farming and cattle ranching as significant uses of the land.

[8] Lexington is located between the Columbia River to the north and the Blue Mountains to the southeast.

[9] The town is along Oregon Route 74, about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Heppner.

[9][10] Willow Creek flows through Lexington, which is downstream of Heppner and upstream of Ione and Arlington.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.44 square miles (1.14 km2), all of it land.

[11] Route 74 forms part of the Blue Mountain Scenic Byway, a 130-mile (210 km) set of roads connecting Interstate 84 (I-84) along the Columbia River with the North Fork John Day River in the Blue Mountains.

[8] As of 2002, Lexington's largest employers were the Morrow County Grain Growers (farms), the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op in Heppner, a metal fabrication company in Heppner, and a small company in Lexington that repaired farm equipment.

[4] Lexington Airport, which is open to the public, is about one mile north of the town.