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Aberdeen is a city in Monroe County, Mississippi. The population was 5,612 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Monroe County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Located on the banks of the Tombigbee River, Aberdeen was one of the busiest Mississippi ports of the 19th century. Cotton was heavily traded in town, and for a time Aberdeen was Mississippi's second largest city. Today Aberdeen retains many historic structures from this period, with over 200 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. In the spring of each year, Aberdeen hosts pilgrimages to its historic antebellum homes. The most prominent of these antebellum homes is ''The Magnolias'', which was built in 1850. Located just outside the city, Aberdeen Lock and Dam forms Aberdeen Lake, a popular recreational area. Aberdeen Lock and Dam is part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway system. ==History== In 1540, Hernando DeSoto's expedition were the first Europeans to travel through the vicinity of Aberdeen. Aberdeen was first settled in 1834 and chartered as a town in 1837. In 1849, it became the county seat when Monroe County was formed. Hiram Revels, the first African-American United States Senator, died on January 16, 1901, while attending a church conference in Aberdeen.〔Rowland, Dunbar. Encyclopedia of Mississippi history: comprising sketches of counties, towns, events, institutions and persons, Volume 2. S. A. Brant, 1907.〕 Aberdeen had a population of 3,708 in 1910.〔''The Farm Journal Complete Atlas of the World'', 1912 Edition〕 Its population had risen to 5,920 by 1950.〔''Encyclopædia Britannica Atlas'', 1959 Edition, p. 298〕 Its population was 7,184 in 1980.〔''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 1984 edition, p. 21〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aberdeen, Mississippi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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