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Lauderdale County
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county in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- February 6, 1818
- Named after
- James Lauderdale
- Seat
- Florence
- Largest city
- Florence
- Total
- 721 sq mi (1,870 km )
- Land
- 668 sq mi (1,730 km )
- Water
- 53 sq mi (140 km ) 7.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 97,135
- Density
- 140/sq mi (54.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 4th , 5th
- Website
- LauderdaleCountyAL.Gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Alabama
- Capital
- Florence
- Population
- 93564
- Area
- 1862
- Shares border with
- Lawrence County
- Official website
- lauderdalecountyonline.com
- Image
- Lauderdale County Courthouse in Florence, Alabama.JPG
- Households
- 38513
- Licence plate code
- 41
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- Commons category
- Lauderdale County, Alabama
- topic's main category
- Category:Lauderdale County, Alabama
- inception
- 1818-02-06
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lauderdale County, Alabama
- different from
- Lauderdale County
- water as percent of area
- 7.4
- native label
- Lauderdale County
- per capita income
- 28540
- mean age
- 41.3
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Encyclopedic overview
Lauderdale County is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2020 census the population was 93,564. Its county seat is Florence. Its name is in honor of Colonel James Lauderdale, of Tennessee. Lauderdale is part of the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as "The Shoals".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lauderdale County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.