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LEXINGTON <br />"The Birthplace of America* Liberty" <br />Population 1940 Census —13,187 <br />Highest elevation -- 380 feet above sea level <br />Lowest elevation — 110 feet above sea level <br />Settled — 1642 — Cambridge Farms <br />Incorporated as a Town — 1713 <br />Valuation --- $22,303,134.00 <br />Tax Rate 1943 — *27.00 <br />Area of Town in acres 10,650.42 <br />Area cf Town in miles 16.64 <br />Extreme length in miles 5.8 <br />Extreme width in miles __.. 4.85 <br />Public Streets <br />Accepted ___. 54.59 miles <br />Private Streets <br />Unaccepted 35.79 miles <br />Paper 27.37 miles <br />State Highways __ 10.84 miles <br />Trunk Linc' Sewers 6.31 miles <br />Street Sewers _ _ _. _ 17.33 miles <br />Water Mains 71.70 miles <br />l.oelited 10.6 miles from Boston <br />Well laid out Parks and Playgrounds <br />Schools — Class A <br />4 TOWN OF LEXINGTON <br />TOWN OF LEXINGTON <br />List of Town Officers <br />March, 1943 to March, 1944 <br />SELECTMEN <br />A. Edward Rowse, Chairman, '44 <br />William G. Potter, '44 Errol H. Locke, '45 <br />George W. Sarano, '45 George C. Sheldon '46 <br />Town Clerk <br />Town Treasurer <br />Collector of Taxes <br />School Committee <br />Cemetery Commissioners <br />Trustees of Public Trusts <br />Moderato r <br />James J. Carroll <br />James J. Carroll <br />William S. Scamman <br />Randall B. Houghton, '44 <br />Annie F. Putney, '45 <br />Tracy W. Ames, '45 <br />Albert H. Burnham, '44 <br />James J. Walsh, 45. <br />John E. Gilcreast, '46 <br />Clarence 8. Walker, 44 <br />Howard S. 0. Nichols, '46 <br />Thomas G. Lynch, '48 <br />Robert H. Holt <br />Constables John C. Russell <br />Edward C. Maguire <br />Planning Board <br />Richard P. Cromwell, '44 <br />Gordon D. Richards, '44 <br />Wm. Roger Greeley, '45 <br />Clem H. Ferguson, '45 <br />Edwin B. Worthen, Jr., '46 <br />Donald E. Nickerson, '46 <br />