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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Aberdeen, Florida, Aberdeen, Georgia, Aberdeen, Idaho, Aberdeen, Maryland, Aberdeen, Mississippi, Aberdeen, North Carolina, Aberdeen, Ohio, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Aberdeen, Washington, Aberdeen, West Virginia, Argyle, Georgia, Argyle, Illinois, Argyle, Iowa, Argyle, Maine, Argyle, Missouri, Argyle, Utah, Argyle, West Virginia, Argyle (town), New York, Argyle (village), New York, Argyle Township, Michigan, Caledonia, Illinois, Caledonia Township, Alcona County, Michigan, Caledonia Township, Kent County, Michigan, Caledonia Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan, Dumbarton, Virginia, Dunbarton, California, Dunbarton, New Hampshire, Dunbarton, Wisconsin, Dunedin, Florida, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, Edinburg, Maine, Edinburgh, Indiana, Glasgow, Delaware, Glasgow, Illinois, Glasgow, Kentucky, Glasgow, Missouri, Glasgow, Montana, Glasgow, Pennsylvania, Glasgow, Virginia, Glasgow, West Virginia, Inverness, Bullock County, Alabama, Inverness, California, Inverness, Florida, Inverness, Illinois, Inverness, Mississippi, Inverness, Montana, Inverness, Shelby County, Alabama, Inverness Highlands North, Florida, Inverness Highlands South, Florida, Inverness Township, Michigan, Lanark, West Virginia, Scotia, Nebraska, Scotia, New York, Scotia, Pennsylvania, Scotia, South Carolina. Excerpt: Aberdeen is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, United States, about 125 mi (200 km) northeast of Pierre. The city population was 26,091 at the 2010 census, making it the third largest city in the state. Aberdeen is the principal city of the Aberdeen Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Brown and Edmunds counties and has a population of 40,602 in 2010. Before Aberdeen or Brown County was inhabited by European settlers, it was inhabited by the Sioux Indians from approximately 1700 to 1879. The first appearance of Caucasians was with the founding of fur trading posts during the 1820s; these trading posts remained operational until the mid-1830s. The first settlers of this region were the Arikara Indians, but they would later be joined by others. The first group of Euro-American settlers to reach the area that is now Brown County was a party of only four people, three horses, two mules, fifteen cattle, and two wagons. This group of settlers was later joined by another group the following spring, and eventually more and more settlers migrated towards this general area which is currently Columbia, South Dakota. This town was established on June 15, 1879. The town was settled in 1880, and incorporated in 1882. The majority of the settlers were Euro-American, with the next largest group being Native American, a trend that has continued to this day. 1883 illustration of AberdeenAberdeen, like many towns of the Midwest, was built around the newly developing railroad systems. Aberdeen was first officially plotted as a town site on January 3, 1881, by Charles Prior, the superintendent of the Minneapolis office of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad, or the Milwaukee Road for short, which was presided over by Alexander Mitchell. Mitchell, Charles Prior s boss, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, after which the town of Aberdeen, South Dakota, was named. Aberdeen was officially founded on July 6, 1881, the date of the first arriva
