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Lauderdale is an
Lauderdale is an unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
located in the town of La Grange, Walworth County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
, United States. The community is named for James Lauderdale
James Lauderdale (1768–1814) was an American militia officer who fought in the Creek War and The Battle of New Orleans. In 1813, he joined a unit of cavalry Militia (United States), militia under General John Coffee, commissioned as a Lieutenant ...
, a member of the Wisconsin Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican Pa ...
in 1853 and 1856. A post office was established in Lauderdale in April, 1881 by its first postmaster, Chester B. Williams.
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Unincorporated communities in Walworth County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{WalworthCountyWI-geo-stub