Lexton

Lexton is a town in western Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Pyrenees Local Government area. The town is located on the Sunraysia Highway, 161 kilometres north west of the state capital Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Lexton and the surrounding area had a population of 149.

The Post Office opened in the area on 1 July 1848 as Burn Bank and was renamed to Lexton in 1854 when the township was settled.

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