Lexington was settled in 1641 and originally served the area as a thriving farming community. The town is perhaps most well known for being home to the Lexington Battle Green, or the Lexington Common. It was there, on April 19, 1775, that the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord were fired, marking the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Unwanted pests were present in Lexington even then, in 1775.
After the Revolutionary War, Lexington’s population grew steadily while still primarily farming and providing Boston with plenty of produce.
Some 200 years later, in the 1970s, Lexington transitioned into a densely suburban city with an abundance of housing developments and subdivisions. Thanks to the high-tech boom and the railroad’s introduction, Lexington continued to prosper as residents had easier access to larger cities like Boston.
As a former farming town and current bedroom community to Boston, Lexington is currently home to nearly 34 thousand people—but its location also means that it has its fair share of access to unwanted pests.