Aberdeen’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Aberdeen. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1540, Hernando DeSoto's expedition was the first occasion that Europeans traveled through the vicinity of Aberdeen.
Aberdeen was first settled in 1834 and chartered as a town in 1837. In 1849, it replaced Athens as the county seat.
On February 18, 1864, during the American Civil War, a skirmish occurred between the Union army and the Confederate army in Aberdeen. Lieutenant Colonel Burgh and the 9th Illinois Cavalry Regiment came into contact with Confederate militias, driving them back and taking possession of Aberdeen. The battle resulted in the company taking 18 prisoners of war, as well as the destruction of Confederate food supplies and machinery.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Aberdeen’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Aberdeen’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewNews coverage of Lynching of Keit…, 1889: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Aberdeen
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Aberdeen, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as News coverage of Lynching of Keith Bowen (1889) and it appears here side by side.
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