Lexington-Fayette County

A Boundary and a Merger

In 1958, Lexington created the nation’s first Urban Service Boundary. The American Planning Association designated the Urban Service Boundary as a “National Planning Landmark” in 1991, an award for projects that are “historically significant, initiated a new direction in planning or impacted American planning, cities or regions over a broad range of time or space.” Throughout the years, this boundary has seen many evolutions; it has been expanded, it has been contracted, and it has been maintained in it’s current configuration for over 20 years.

In 1972 the voters of Lexington and Fayette County approved consolidation of a merged city-county government which created the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG).

2020 Population 322,570 285 mi2 Total area of Lexington-Fayette Co.