![]() Meridian is not on or near any meridian, and it is said that The name Meridian eventually emerged as a compromise choice. Men, whose respective choices for the name of the town were Ragsdale City and Meridian had its beginnings in a rivalry between two railroad In 1870, theĬounty seat was moved to Meridian, and so remains. Marion Station derived its name from the town of Marion. In 1866 to 1870, the county seat was located at Marion The earliest county seat was locatedĪt Marion until 1866. Whom Marion County had been named in 1811. Marion undoubtedly was named for General Francis Marion, for Of Lauderdale in Alabama and Tennessee also were named for him. Night attack on the British below New Orleans on December 23, 1814. Wounded in the battle of Talladega during the Creek Wars and was killed in the James Lauderdale, of Tennessee, a member of John Coffee's mounted brigade, was James Lauderdale, who fell in battle at New Orleans". Lauderdale County, as recited in the establishing act, was ![]() Was the third of the sixteen counties created by the act of December 23, 1833. Short History Contributed by John Allred:įormed under Second Constitution (1832-1869) - DecemberĢ3, 1833 Lauderdale County, an original county of the Choctaw Cession of 1830, Records date back as early as 1839 although most are post-1870. ![]()
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