text: It is in honor of Colonel James Lauderdale from Tennessee (if you are talking about the Alabama or Tennesse counties)\nHe was killed in the Battle of New Orleans in 1812:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauderdale_County,_Alabama\nhttp://lauderdale.tennessee.edu/\n\nIf you are talking about Lauderdale county Mississippi, I would guess it would be the same, but I'm not sure.