title: Aberdeen, Tasmania
text: # Aberdeen, Tasmania
  
  Aberdeen is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Devonport in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the town of Devonport. The 2021 census recorded a population of 268 for Aberdeen.
  
  ## History
  
  Aberdeen was gazetted as a locality in 1963. The name was not in official use until about 1915.
  
  Coal was discovered in the area in 1855, and Scottish miners may have unofficially named it Aberdeen.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The Don River flows through the south-west corner and then forms much of the western boundary.
  
  ## Road infrastructure
  
  Route C146 (Melrose Road) runs through from north to south-east.
  
  