Lauderdale Lakes is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
in the town of
La Grange,
Walworth County,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
, United States. Its population was 1,283 as of the
2020 census.
History
The lakes were named after James Lauderdale.
James moved to the area in 1841 along with his family.
The
New York native built the first residential building in 1842.
James, his brother-in-law, and his cousin each purchased 160 acres of the
Homestead Act
The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. In all, more than of public land, or nearly 10 percent of t ...
price of $1.25 an acre.
James and his family went back to New York and shortly returned in September 1842.
James built a log cabin along the shore. James' wife didn't like living next to the water so they built a larger house next to the road in 1855.
Eight years later,
Chicago
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native John Wheeler bought the shoreline property and started building the Sterlingworth Hotel in 1893.
Demographics
Demographic makeup:
References
Census-designated places in Walworth County, Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Wisconsin
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