Aberdeen, South Dakota

Aberdeen, a city and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, U.S.A., about 125 mi (200 km) N.E. of Pierre. Settled in 1880, it was incorporated in 1882. Pop. (1890) 3182; (1900) 4087, of whom 889 were foreign-born; (1905) 5841; (1910) 10,753. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 24,658.

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City - County seat - Brown County - South Dakota - Pierre - 1880 - 1882 - 1890 - 1900 - 1905 - 1910 - 2000

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In 1911, Aberdeen was served by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul, the Great Northern, the Minneapolis and St. Louis, and the Chicago and North Western railroads. It is the financial and trade center for the northern part of the state, a fine agricultural region, and in 1908 had five banks and a number of wholesale houses. The city is the seat of Northern State University, a state institution, founded in 1901, and has a Carnegie Library; the principal buildings are the court house and the government buildings. Artesian wells furnish good water-power, and artesian-well supplies, grain pitchers, brooms, chemicals and flour are manufactured. The municipality owns and operates the water-works. Aberdeen was settled in 1880, and was chartered as a city in 1883.

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1911 - Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul - Great Northern - Minneapolis and St. Louis - Chicago and North Western - 1908 - Northern State University - Carnegie Library - Artesian well - 1880 - 1883

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