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Lauderdale County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- James Lauderdale
- Seat
- Meridian
- Largest city
- Meridian
- Total
- 715 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Land
- 704 sq mi (1,820 km )
- Water
- 12 sq mi (31 km ) 1.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 70,317
- Density
- 104/sq mi (40.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- lauderdalecounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Meridian
- Capital
- Meridian
- Population
- 72984
- Area
- 1853
- Shares border with
- Neshoba County
- Official website
- www.lauderdalecounty.org
- Image
- Lauderdale County Courthouse Meridian, MS.JPG
- Households
- 29718
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- water as percent of area
- 1.6
- native label
- Lauderdale County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lauderdale County, Mississippi
- Commons category
- Lauderdale County, Mississippi
- topic's main category
- Category:Lauderdale County, Mississippi
- different from
- Lauderdale County
- inception
- 1833-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lauderdale County, Mississippi
- per capita income
- 24892
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lauderdale County is a county located on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,984. The county seat and largest city is Meridian. The county is named for Colonel James Lauderdale, who was killed at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. Lauderdale County is included in the Meridian, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lauderdale County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.