Aberdeen’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Aberdeen. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Before Aberdeen or Brown County was inhabited by European settlers, it was inhabited by the Sioux Indians from approximately 1700 to 1879. Europeans entered the region for business, founding fur trading posts during the 1820s; these trading posts operated until the mid-1830s. The first "settlers" of this region were the Arikara Indians, but they would later be joined by others.
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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.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPioneer life in 1882, 1882: 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
Nothing in Aberdeen is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Aberdeen has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Easton's Castle in Aberdeen, 1.3 miles away.
Aberdeen and the nearest listed places
Closest to Aberdeen
Easton's CastleAberdeen · New-Jacobean1.3mi
Simmons HouseAberdeen · Classical Revival · Built 19191.6mi
Dakota Farmer BuildingAberdeen · Building1.6mi
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad DepotAberdeen · Neo-Classical Revival1.6mi
Foght-Murdy HouseAberdeen · Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 19241.6miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Pioneer life in 1882 (1882) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.