Aberdeen, Mississippi

Monroe County

Population:  3449 in 1890

                    3434 in 1900

                    3708 in 1910

                    4071 in 1920

Town incorporated:  5-12-1837

Post office: 

Railroads: M&O- GM&O

                  CA&N- CStL&NO- IC- ICG- G&M-                            Midsouth- KCS

                  KCM&B- SLSF- BN- BNSF- AGR

                  

SLSF Next Town East- East Aberdeen

 

IC Milepost 105.46

(from Aberdeen Jct. (S. Durant)

M&O Milepost 

(from Muldon, Miss.)

SLSF Milepost 624.3

(from Springfield, MO)

 

M&O Next Town Southwest- Muldon

IC Next Town Southwest- Binford

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

IC 1916 Valuation map      click map for larger version     Richard Spencer Collection

IC 1916 Valuation map      click map for larger version     Richard Spencer Collection

IC 1916 Valuation map      click map for larger version     Richard Spencer Collection

IC 1916 Valuation map      click map for larger version     Richard Spencer Collection

IC 1916 Valuation map      click map for larger version     Richard Spencer Collection

IC 1916 Valuation map      click map for larger version     Richard Spencer Collection

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

 

Midsouth Rail Geeps parked at the former Illinois Central depot at Aberdeen about 1994. 

 

Mobile & Ohio depot at Aberdeen in 1916. 

Even though the M&O branch to Aberdeen was abandoned about 1940, amazingly the former M&O depot still existed in 1994. 

Another view of the Mobile & Ohio depot in 1916. 

M&O turntable near their depot in Aberdeen in 1916. 

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

Aberdeen Sand, Lime & Brick Co.- 1910

B. B. Barker & Co., boots & shoes 1866

James M. Brassfield, saloon 1866

James W. Breed, general store 1866

Cole & Young- mfgrs headings 1910

T. S. Cunningham- wholesale grocery 1910

Farmers' Warehouse Co.- 1910

James B. Gladney, miller 1866

Guttman & Co., general store 1866

Hooper, Ward & Co., general store 1866

Howard & Son, clothes, shoes, etc. 1866

W. H. Johnson, jeweler 1866

Kendall & Moore, grocers 1866

James D. McAllister, livery stable 1866

Mann, Boyd & Co., “Sunny South” 1866

G. W. Millington, carriages 1866

J.H. Nash (near)- sawmill 1910

James Oldshaw, stoves 1866

People's Oil Mill & Fertilizer Works- 1910

Mrs. Pullian, millinery 1866

W. S. Stokes, saddler 1866

James Theatt, saloon 1866

Timberlake & Jones, drugs 1866

H. G. W. Tyler, furniture 1866

Tyler & Christy, general store 1866

John Walker, boots & shoes 1866

Weiler & Haas, general store 1866

 

 

 

 

 

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