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Aberdeen: U.S. Army Ordnance Museum
U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen, Md.
Aberdeen
Maryland, United States
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Aberdeen, city, Harford county, northeastern Maryland, U.S., near Chesapeake Bay, 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Baltimore. Settled about 1800, it was named for the city in Scotland. Aberdeen is the principal trading centre for the nearby 113-square-mile (293-square-km) Aberdeen Proving Ground (established 1917), a U.S. Army test site for guns, ammunition, and military vehicles; one of the world’s largest collections of weapons is displayed there in the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum. There is also some light manufacturing. Inc. town, 1892; city, 1992. Pop. (2000) 13,842; (2010) 14,959.
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