Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was first settled by Europeans c. 1642 as a farming community. Lexington is well known as the site of the first shots of the American Revolutionary War, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775, where the "Shot heard 'round the world" took place. It is home to Minute Man National Historical Park.
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East Lexington, Massachusetts in the context of Agriculture in Massachusetts
Greenhouse, floriculture, and sod products – including the ornamental market – make up more than one third of the state's agricultural output. Cranberries, sweet corn and apples are also large sectors of production. Fruit cultivation is an important part of the state's agricultural revenues. Massachusetts is the second-largest cranberry-producing (Vaccinium macrocarpon) state in the union after Wisconsin.
As of 2012, there were 7,755 farms in Massachusetts encompassing a total of 523,517 acres (2,120 km), averaging 67.5 acres (27.3 hectares) apiece, but by 2017 this had declined somewhat again, to 7,241 farms in the state. Agriculture in the state is served and represented by the Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR). The UMass Extension Fruit Program provides information to support growers.
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