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LEXINGTON <br />"The Birthplace of American 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 — $22,206,960.00 <br />Tax Rate 1944 ---- $27.00 <br />Area of Town in acres' 10,650.42 <br />Area of 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 Line Sewers 6.31 miles <br />Street Sewers .............. .........._...... 17.33 miles <br />Water Mains 71.83 miles <br />Located 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, 1944 to March, 1945 <br />SELECTMEN <br />Errol H. Locke, Chairman, '45 <br />George W. Saran, '45 William G. Potter, '47 <br />George C. Sheldon, '46 A. Edward Rowse, '47 <br />Town Clerk <br />Town Treasurer <br />Collector of Taxes <br />School Committee <br />Cemetery Commissioners <br />Trustees of Public Trusts <br />Moderator <br />Constables <br />Planning Board <br />James J. Carroll <br />James J. Carroll <br />William S. Scamman <br />Annie F. Putney, '45 <br />Tracy W. Ames, '46 <br />Webster Thomas, '47 <br />James J. Walsh, '45 <br />John E. Gilcreast, '46 <br />Albert H. Burnham, 47 <br />Howard S. 0. Nichols, '46 <br />Thomas G. Lynah, '48 <br />Clarence S. Walker, '50 <br />Robert H. Holt, '45 <br />John C. Russell, '45 <br />Edward C. Maguire, '45 <br />Wm. Roger Greeley, '45, Chairman <br />Clem H. Ferguson '45 <br />Edwin B. Worthen, Jr., '46 <br />Donald E. Nickerson, '46 <br />Gordon D. Richards, '47 <br />Richard P. Cromwell, '47 <br />