Lauderdale, Mississippi

Coordinates: 32°31′15″N 88°30′41″W / 32.52083°N 88.51139°W / 32.52083; -88.51139
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Lauderdale, Mississippi
FIPS code
28-39600
GNIS feature ID2586601

Lauderdale is an

U.S. Highway 45, 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Meridian.[3]

History

Early history

Lauderdale was first inhabited by Native Americans. The first recorded Native Americans in the area were the

mineral springs in the area and named them Lauderdale Springs.[4] During the War of 1812, Lauderdale served under Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Talladega and was killed at the Battle of New Orleans.[4]

In 1837, a post office opened under the name Mingo Houma, then under the name Springs Depot from 1856 to 1859.[4] The community was incorporated on March 12, 1856 when the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was completed near Lauderdale Springs.[5] A resort was then built at the mineral springs and included a two-story, 300 foot long hotel with surrounding cottages.[4] Jefferson Davis, Octavia Walton Le Vert, and other notable people attended the springs for gatherings and political events.[4] The post office began operating under the name Lauderdale Springs in 1859 and used that name until 1894.[5]

Civil War

During the

Battle of Vicksburg, and General Nathan Bedford Forrest's North Mississippi battles.[4] Mortally wounded soldiers were buried in a nearby cemetery, now known as the Lauderdale Springs Confederate-Union Cemetery.[6]

During William Tecumseh Sherman's Meridian campaign, the 32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment burned Lauderdale Springs.[7] Joseph Emory Davis, Jefferson Davis' older brother, stayed for a time in Lauderdale Springs after moving from Hurricane Plantation after the Siege of Vicksburg.[4]

Company C of the 5th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was mustered into service at Lauderdale Springs on August 6, 1861.[8] The 1st and 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) and 2nd and 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) were both stationed at Lauderdale Springs for a time.[9]

Post-Civil War

After the Civil war, the resort grounds were used by the

Mississippi Baptist Convention as the Home for Confederate Orphans.[4] Company H of the 16th Infantry Regiment were assigned to the Post of Lauderdale during Reconstruction from 1868 to 1870 and occupied the former hospital buildings.[4] The post office name was changed to Lauderdale in 1894.[5] The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway ceased service in Lauderdale in 1898.[4]

20th century

In 1900, Lauderdale had several stores, two churches, a grist mill, and a population of 288.[10]

By 1936, it had a population of 1,000, two

saw mill, planing mill, three churches, a school, and a hotel. The community was also home to a lumber company and pottery factory.[11]

Geography

Lauderdale is located in northeastern Lauderdale County at 32°31′15″N 88°30′41″W / 32.52083°N 88.51139°W / 32.52083; -88.51139. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 2.9 square miles (7.4 km2), all of it recorded as land.[12] The community is in the valley of Possum Creek, just south of where it joins Ponta Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the Sucarnoochee River, part of the Tombigbee River watershed.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020395—
U.S. Decennial Census[13]
Lauderdale racial composition as of 2020[14]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)[a]
Race Number Percentage
White
(NH) 		146 36.96%
Black or African American
(NH) 		231 58.48%
Alaska Native
(NH) 		1 0.25%
Asian (NH) 1 0.25%
Some Other Race (NH) 2 0.51%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) 10 2.53%
Hispanic or Latino 4 1.01%
Total 395

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 395 people, 165 households, and 71 families residing in the CDP.

Notable people

Gallery

  • Kansas City Southern Railway crossing in Lauderdale
    Kansas City Southern Railway crossing in Lauderdale
  • Lauderdale Post Office
    Lauderdale Post Office
  • Former Lauderdale Methodist Church, now closed. The current Lauderdale Methodist Church is located in a newer building south of this location.
    Former Lauderdale Methodist Church, now closed. The current Lauderdale Methodist Church is located in a newer building south of this location.
  • Lauderdale Presbyterian Church, PCA
    Lauderdale Presbyterian Church, PCA
  • Lauderdale Springs Cemetery, founded in 1835
    Lauderdale Springs Cemetery, founded in 1835
  • Lauderdale Springs Confederate-Union Cemetery
    Lauderdale Springs Confederate-Union Cemetery
  • Informational sign for the Lauderdale Springs Confederate-Union Cemetery
    Informational sign for the Lauderdale Springs Confederate-Union Cemetery

References

  1. ^ Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[15][16]
  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Lauderdale CDP, Mississippi". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  3. ^ "Lauderdale, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Lawrence, Betty (2002). A History of Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi (PDF) (3rd ed.). Meridian, Mississippi: Lauderdale County Department of Archives & History, Inc.
  5. ^ a b c Howe, Tony. "Lauderdale, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "Lauderdale Springs". Visit Meridian, Mississippi. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  7. ^ The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65). Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1875. p. XCIX.
  8. ^ Rowland, Dunbar, ed. (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Vol. 2. Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Archives and History. p. 551.
  9. ^ Bevier, Robert S. (1879). History of the First and Second Missouri Confederate Brigades: 1861-1865. St. Louis, Missouri: Bryan, Brand & Company. p. 231.
  10. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 57.
  11. ^ Lawrence, Betty (2002). A History of Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi (PDF) (3rd ed.). Meridian, Mississippi: Lauderdale County Department of Archives & History, Inc.
  12. ^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Mississippi". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  13. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  14. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  15. ^ https://www.census.gov/ [not specific enough to verify]
  16. ^ "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  17. ^ "Lovell Harden Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  18. ISBN 0-87000-225-2
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