Aberdeen (South Dakota)

Brown County

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Aberdeen is a city in the north of the U.S. state of South Dakota, near the border with North Dakota in Brown County. It has 24,658 inhabitants in an area of 33.7 km ², of which 0.2 km ² water surface are. The city was founded in 1882.

Population Development

¹ 1980 - 2000: census results; 2005: Updating the U.S. Census Bureau

Traffic

With the Aberdeen Regional Airport Aberdeen has its own airport. Aberdeen is located on U.S. Highway 12, and U.S. Highway 281

Education

Aberdeen is the headquarters of the Northern State University

Sons and daughters of the town

  • John Cacavas, composer, arranger and conductor
  • Tom Daschle, politicians
  • Joseph Hansen, writer
  • Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, politician
  • Debra Mooney, Actress
  • Daniel Pred, musician and film producer
  • David Premack, psychologist and ethologist
  • Brad Walker, Athlete pole vaulting
County (United States) Federal Information Processing Standards U.S. Route 12 Joseph Hansen (writer) Brad Walker (athlete)
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