Aberdeen NC is a great little railroad town that will take you back in time.

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Aberdeen

Downtown Aberdeen Shops Aberdeen NC is the perfect quaint little railroad town to relax in, raise a family in and just enjoy life. Since the highland Scots settled Bethesda, the residents of this town have enjoyed their peaceful, laid back surroundings, where warm greetings and neighbors helping neighbors is common place. Aberdeen's history as a railroad town has been preserved by it's residents and locals.

Aberdeen covers an area of roughly 10 square miles, and sits on the southern tip of Moore County, just before Pinebluff. With a population of just over 5000 residents, Aberdeen is still the consummate small town.

The downtown historic district houses boutiques, antique stores, a few local restaurants and coffee shops, and some local businesses that have been around for quite some time. Like most of the small towns here, the downtown and market area is quite comfortable. You can spend hours walking through the shops and talking with the locals, getting all the gossip and "goings on" in the area.

The railroad tracks that helped Aberdeen grow and flourish still run right through the town. Life here is filled with civic events, sports, industry, agriculture and plenty of recreational activities. The town of Aberdeen's commercial business prescence has grown extensively over the last 5 years or so, with a couple of new shopping complexes at the major intersection of Aberdeen Sardine Festival 15/501 and Hwy 1 and the addition of Southern Middle School.

Aberdeen Lake still holds the annual 4th of July fireworks and celebration at the Aberdeen Lake Park, as well as The Annual Sardine Festival, usually held around the 2nd week of October. Donations are normally accepted at the festival to support youth athletic programs in the community. The festival started years ago when Randall Moss (now event chairman) wanted to eat his lunch of sardines and crackers in his office.

His daughter promptly told him that "he needed to take that smelly lunch somewhere else...Like the park maybe." Randall did just that and invited his friends to go with him. Thus, the Sardine Festival was born. This is one of those events that you just have to check out to say you've done it. Sardines, RC colas, moon pies, the crowning of The Sardine Queen, and most of all, meeting your neighbors.

Aberdeen continues to grow, as the outlying areas have started to develop with new homes and renovations of existing properties as well. Residents and local businesses continue to reinvent some of the old historic buildings, but also continue to maintain the integrity and exterior look of the old structures. Here, as in many other areas of the Sandhills, local government has played an integral role in controlled growth. Aberdeen's average home prices are typically a little more affordable than Pinehurst or Southern Pines.

Aberdeen Bed and Breakfast Like many years ago, when Aberdeen was the core center of shipping naval stores and goods to Fayetteville (the market town), Aberdeen is at the intersection of the major highways of US 1, US 15/501, and Hwy 211.

So if you're coming from the south, the east, or northeast, Aberdeen will be the gateway to Southern Pines, Pinehurst and beyond to northern and western Sandhills Communities. Because of it's close proximity to Hwy 211 (gateway to Ft Bragg) and Camp McCall, many of our fine military men and women have chosen Aberdeen as their home. We feel honored to have them live and thrive here amongst us as our neighbors and our friends.

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