About Lexton
Lexton is a town in western Victoria, Australia, in
the Shire of Pyrenees local government area. It is
on the Sunraysia Highway, 161 kilometres (100 mi)
north west of the state capital Melbourne. At the
2006 census, Lexton and the surrounding area
had a population of 149.
The Lexton 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.