Editing Aberdeen, Mississippi

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Aberdeen, Mississippi
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = "A Great Place to Live, Work and Play"
 
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Monroe County, Mississippi|Monroe]]
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| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Maurice Howard{{cn|date=April 2024}}
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US2800180&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Aberdeen city, Mississippi: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=March 7, 2024}}</ref>
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| postal_code_type        = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code             = 39730
| area_code               = [[Area code 662|662]]
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'''Aberdeen''' is the [[county seat]] of [[Monroe County, Mississippi]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509170006/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2015-05-09 }}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 4,961,<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 5,612 in [[2010 United States census|2010]].

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. 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 (Mississippi)|Aberdeen Lake]], a popular recreational area. Aberdeen Lock and Dam is part of the [[Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway|Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway]] system.

==History==
[[File:African-American barbershop in Aberdeen, Mississippi (circa 1920).jpg|thumb|left|Barbershop in Aberdeen, 1907]]
In 1540, [[Hernando DeSoto|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, Mississippi|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.<ref name="Strickler1899">{{cite book|author=Theodore D. Strickler|title=When and where We Met Each Other on Shore and Afloat: Battles, Engagements, Actions, Skirmishes, and Expeditions During the Civil War, 1861-1866, to which is Added Concise Data Concerning the Army Corps and Legends of the Army Corps Badges|url=https://archive.org/details/whenwherewemetea00stri|year=1899|publisher=W.C. Strickler|pages=[https://archive.org/details/whenwherewemetea00stri/page/92 92]–}}</ref> Lieutenant Colonel Burgh and the [[9th Illinois Cavalry Regiment]] came into contact with rebel 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.<ref>{{cite book|title=Congressional Serial Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA715|year=1891|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=715–}}</ref>

[[Hiram R. Revels|Hiram Revels]], the first [[African-American]] [[United States senator]], died in Aberdeen on January 16, 1901, while he was attending a church conference.<ref name="Rowland">Rowland, Dunbar. Encyclopedia of Mississippi history: comprising sketches of counties, towns, events, institutions and persons, Volume 2. S. A. Brant, 1907.</ref>

Aberdeen had a population of 3,708 in 1910.<ref>''The Farm Journal Complete Atlas of the World'', 1912 Edition</ref>  Its population had risen to 5,920 by 1950.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Atlas'', 1959 Edition, p. 298</ref>  Its population was 7,184 in 1980.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 1984 edition, p. 21</ref>

==Geography==
Variant names are "Dundee" and "New Aberdeen".

Aberdeen is located southwest of the center of Monroe County. The downtown area lies on a low rise overlooking the original channel of the [[Tombigbee River]] to the east. [[U.S. Highway 45]] passes through the south and west sides of the city as a bypass, leading north {{convert|35|mi}} to [[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]] and south {{convert|27|mi}} to [[Columbus, Mississippi|Columbus]]. [[Mississippi Highway 8]] passes through the south side of the city with US 45, leading northeast {{convert|14|mi}} to [[U.S. Highway 278]] at [[Wise Gap, Mississippi|Wise Gap]] and west {{convert|30|mi}} to [[Houston, Mississippi|Houston]]. [[Mississippi Highway 25|State Highway 25]] also passes through the south side of the city, leading north-northeast {{convert|15|mi}} to [[Amory, Mississippi|Amory]] and southwest {{convert|18|mi}} to [[West Point, Mississippi|West Point]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Aberdeen has a total area of {{convert|12.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|12.1|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2|1}}, or 2.28%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> The Tombigbee River and the [[Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway]] flow southward through the east end of the city. [[Aberdeen Lock and Dam]] on the waterway is within the city limits, less than a mile south of the city's northern border.

[[Image:TombigbeeRiver1955.jpg|thumb|right|Failure of the [[Mississippi Highway 25]] N/[[U.S. Route 45]] S bridge over the [[Tombigbee River]] in Aberdeen during the 1955 floods.]]

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Aberdeen has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=747695&cityname=Aberdeen,+Mississippi,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Aberdeen, Mississippi Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase|access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref>

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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 2022
|1880= 2339
|1890= 3449
|1900= 3434
|1910= 3708
|1920= 4071
|1930= 3925
|1940= 4746
|1950= 5290
|1960= 6450
|1970= 6507
|1980= 7184
|1990= 6837
|2000= 6415
|2010= 5612
|2020= 4961
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Aberdeen Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2800180&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-07|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|3,504
|70.63%
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|1,247
|25.14%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|10
|0.2%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|17
|0.34%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.02%
|-
|[[Race (United States census)|Other/Mixed]]
|127
|2.56%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|55
|1.11%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,961 people, 2,016 households, and 1,195 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 5,612 people living in the city. 69.2% were [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 28.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.6% from some other race and 1.0% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]]. 1.0% were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 6,415 people, 2,398 households, and 1,661 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|598.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,730 housing units at an average density of {{convert|254.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 60.20% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 38.78% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.09% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.39% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.06% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 0.42% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.56% of the population.

There were 2,398 households, out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 29.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.8% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 69.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $23,530, and the median income for a family was $27,611. Males had a median income of $27,857 versus $17,090 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $11,584. About 26.3% of families and 29.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 42.2% of those under age 18 and 26.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The city is served by the [[Aberdeen School District (Mississippi)|Aberdeen School District]].

==Media==
===Radio stations===
1240 WWZQ-AM<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheradio.net/radiostations/wwzqam.aspx|title=WWZQ 1240 AM|last=dvprez|website=Ontheradio.net|access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref>
105.3 [[WACR-FM]]

==Infrastructure==
===Highways===
* [[Image:US 45.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 45]]
* [[Image:Circle_sign_8.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 8]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 25.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 25]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 145.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 145]]

===Railroads===
* [[BNSF Railway|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway]]
* [[Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway]]
* [[Kansas City Southern Railway]]

==Notable people==
* [[Joel M. Acker]], member of the [[Mississippi State Senate]] and [[Mississippi House of Representatives]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=College (1718-1887) |first1=Yale |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QFgdAQAAIAAJ |title=Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University ... Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alumni |last2=University |first2=Yale |date=1900 |publisher=The College |pages=361 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Stephen Adams (politician)|Stephen Adams]], member of [[United States House of Representatives]] and [[United States Senate]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | year = 1967}}</ref>
* [[Steve Baylark]], [[running back]] for [[Sacramento Mountain Lions]] of [[United Football League (2009)|United Football League]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nfl.com/player/stevebaylark/2507267/profile
|title = Steve Baylark |publisher= NFL Enterprises LLC|access-date= December 10, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Guy Bush]] ("the Mississippi Mudcat"), [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] 
* [[Ollie Darden|Oliver Darden]], basketball player for [[University of Michigan]] 
* [[Reuben Davis (representative)|Reuben Davis]], [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] and Confederate general
* [[James Bell Dickson]], [[U.S. Army Air Forces]] pilot
* [[Wilma Cozart Fine]], [[record producer]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kozinn |first1=Alex |title=Wilma Cozart Fine, Classical Music Record Producer, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/arts/music/25fine.html |access-date=August 13, 2023 |work=New York Times |date=September 24, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Fort]], [[mobster]] and co-founder of the [[Almighty Black P. Stone Nation|Black P. Stones]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mogharei |first1=Phoebe |title=From the Vault: The Making of Jeff Fort |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/november-2018/the-making-of-jeff-fort/ |access-date=August 13, 2023 |work=Chicago |date=November 5, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Samuel J. Gholson]], [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]], judge and general in the [[Confederate States Army]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Losson |first1=Christopher |title=Samuel Jameson Gholson |url=https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/samuel-jameson-gholson/ |website=Mississippi Encyclopedia |access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Joe Green (American football)|Joe Green]], former NFL [[defensive back]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Green Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GreeJo20.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Ann Gregory]], golfer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Farrell |title=Remembering The Queen, Ann Gregory |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2023/remembering-the-queen-ann-gregory |website=lpga.com |access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Moses Hardy]], formerly oldest living American man, one of the oldest veterans of [[World War I]]
* [[Lock E. Houston]], former member of the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]]<ref name=knox>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D3YLAAAAYAAJ|title=Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association|first=American Bar|last=Association|date=August 29, 1897|publisher=E.C. Markley & Son|via=Google Books |page=547}}</ref>
* [[Reggie Kelly]], former NFL [[tight end]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Reggie Kelly: Former NFL Player, Author and Owner of KYVAN Foods |url=https://shoutoutatlanta.com/meet-reggie-kelly-former-nfl-player-author-and-owner-of-kyvan-foods/ |website=shoutoutatlanta.com |date=June 10, 2021 |access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Albert King]], blues guitarist<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert King |url=https://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/albert-king |website=msbluestrail.org |access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Fredrick McGhee]], first black lawyer in Minnesota, co-founder of the [[Niagara Movement]]
* [[James Phelan Sr.]], member of the [[Confederate Congress]] from 1862 to 1864<ref>{{cite book |last1=Warner |first1=Ezra J. Jr. |title=Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress |date=1975 |publisher=LSU Press |location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana |isbn=978-0-8071-4942-3 |page=194 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k6VyjF_ZTukC}}</ref>
* [[James Phelan Jr.]], member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1887 to 1891<ref>{{cite journal |title=Duel |journal=Ansearchin' News: Journal of the Tennessee Geneaological Society |date=1996 |issue=43 |page=32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCtZAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>
* [[R. O. Reynolds]], member of the [[Mississippi State Senate]]<ref name="Memorial">{{cite news |title=Memorial Service - Tribute to the honored memory of R. O. Reynolds |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107891047/memorial-service-tribute-to-the/ |access-date=August 13, 2023 |work=Clarion-Ledger |date=12 February 1888 |page=7}}{{Open access}}</ref>
* [[Roscoe Simmons]], orator and journalist, nephew of [[Booker T. Washington]]<ref name=hall>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSsOAQAAMAAJ|title = The African American National Biography: Roman-Tzomes|isbn = 978-0-19-516019-2|last1 = Gates|first1 = Henry Louis|last2 = Higginbotham|first2 = Evelyn Brooks|year = 2008| publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref>
* [[Georgia Speller]], artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Head of the Penitentiary |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/653751 |website=metmuseum.org |access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Eugene Sykes]], justice of the [[Supreme Court of Mississippi]] and chairman of [[Federal Communications Commission]]
* [[Rozzell Sykes]], artist<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Art |url=https://ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1075/2022/01/G12-About-the-Art_2022.1.19.pdf |website=ackland.org |access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Butch Thompson (baseball)|Butch Thompson]], college baseball head coach<ref>{{cite news |last1=Portnoy |first1=Ben |title=Forever a Mississippi man: Aberdeen native, former MSU assistant leads Auburn against his former team in Omaha |url=https://cdispatch.com/news/2019-06-15/forever-a-mississippi-man-aberdeen-native-former-msu-assistant-leads-auburn-against-his-former-team-in-omaha/ |access-date=August 13, 2023 |work=The Dispatch |date=June 15, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Frederick I. Thompson]], commissioner of the [[Federal Communications Commission]] from 1939 to 1941<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Flannery |editor1-first=Gerald V. |title=Commissioners of the FCC, 1927-1994 |date=1995 |publisher=University Press of America |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=0-8191-9669-X |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xr-PSj-sp6YC}}</ref>
* [[Andre Townsend]], former defensive end for the Denver Broncos 
* [[Jim Walden]], head football coach at [[Washington State University|Washington State]] and [[Iowa State University]]
* [[Channing Ward]], former NFL [[defensive tackle]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Channing Ward |url=https://247sports.com/player/channing-ward-7459/ |website=247sports.com |access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Bukka White]] (Booker T. Washington White), blues musician
* [[Dwayne Whitfield]], former [[National Basketball Association]] player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dwayne Whitfield Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/whitfdw01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Chris Willis (American football)|Chris Willis]], former head football coach of the [[University of North Alabama]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Meador |first1=Melissa |title=UNA's Willis prepares for chaos, uncertainty of 2020 season |url=https://www.djournal.com/monroe/sports/una-s-willis-prepares-for-chaos-uncertainty-of-2020-season/article_c01f4887-6385-54d0-882d-8dd0f8398564.html |access-date=August 13, 2023 |work=Monroe Journal |date=July 23, 2020}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The city of Aberdeen is the subject of the [[HGTV]] show ''Hometown Renovation'', where local makeup artist and designer Billy Brasfield sets to redesign and renovate some of the city's houses and landmarks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hgtv.com/hometown-renovation/show/index.html|title=Shows|website=HGTV|access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref>

The city is the subject of the song "Aberdeen, Mississippi", by blues artist [[Bukka White]], later covered by guitarist [[Kenny Wayne Shepherd]] as "Aberdeen".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsMpHHSLSlc | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/bsMpHHSLSlc| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Booker White – Aberdeen Mississippi Blues HIFI |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=20 March 2006 |website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_xOv-QqVu4 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/L_xOv-QqVu4| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – "Aberdeen" Official Music Video |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=3 February 2016 |website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==References==
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*{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|''Okolona Messenger'', March 9,|1922}}|date= March 9, 1922|title= Negro Hanged by Citizens|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87065462/1922-03-09/ed-1/seq-1/#|newspaper=Okolona Messenger|publisher=Abe Steinberger & Sons|location=Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi |issn=2469-7559|oclc=16103582 |pages=1–8 |access-date= February 17, 2022 }}

==External links==
* {{Official|cityofaberdeenms.com}}
* [http://aberdeenms.org/ Aberdeen Visitors Bureau]

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