Aberdeen (Maryland)

Harford County

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Aberdeen is a city in Harford County, Maryland in the United States.

Geography

The town is 40 kilometers northeast of Baltimore and 80 kilometers southwest of Philadelphia. Near the Interstate 95 highway road, that there also " John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway " means. The nearby Susquehanna River empties into the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay. Therefore Aberdeen is also called the " Gateway to the Chesapeake Bay".

History

Aberdeen was founded in 1852 by Edmund Law Rogers, whose family came from Aberdeen in Scotland. The majority of the settlers came from Scotland.

On 20 October 1917 the Aberdeen Proving Ground (acronym: APG) was opened. It is the oldest research and development facility of the United States Army. On the site of nearly 3,900 military and nearly 3,000 civilian employees are employed. There is also the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps Museum, which is the USA 's largest open- air museum for large items of military equipment.

Due to the proximity to the water and the fishing industry, which has made ​​a name in particular because of the occurring in the Chesapeake Bay blue crabs evolved in Aberdeen.

Demography

The 2000 census (United States Census 2000) showed a total population of 13842 people, divided into 5475 households. The proportion of people under 18 years old at this time was 26.4%.