This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1711.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Lorna. I just thought I'd add a brief history of Lexington -- formerly known as "Cambridge Farms." http://www.lexingtonchamber.org/history.html Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. Arlington and Lexington have many things in common, including being based on the long "Massachusetts Avenue." And, Arlington was formerly "West Cambridge" - not becoming Arlington until 1867.