text: who is lauderderdale county named after?   it is in honor of colonel james lauderdale from tennessee (if you are talking about the alabama or tennesse counties) he was killed in the battle of new orleans in 1812: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lauderdale_county,_alabama http://lauderdale.tennessee.edu/  if you are talking about lauderdale county mississippi, i would guess it would be the same, but i'm not sure.