Meridian, capital of Lauderdale county, Mississippi, 135 miles by rail N. by W. of Mobile, contains a foundry and machine-shop, a cotton factory, and manufactories of blinds and sashes, furniture, &c. Pop. (1890) 10,889.
Meridian
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 142
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