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Abilene (/ ˈ æ b ɪ l iː n / AB-i-leen) is a city in Taylor and Jones counties, Texas, United States.Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 census. [9] It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 176,579 as of 2020. [10]
The Abilene Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Abilene, Kansas which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The district is roughly bounded by Northeast 4th, West 1st, South Walnut, and North Olive Street. [1]
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1857, Dickinson County was founded and Abilene began as a stage coach stop, established by Timothy Hersey and named Mud Creek.
Kansas; a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. Chicago: Standard Publishing. volume 1 at the Internet Archive volume 2 at the Internet Archive old alphabetical encyclopedia; Cutler, William G. History of the State of Kansas (1883), detailed, reliable older history
Abilene, Texas; Abilene Network, the American national academic backbone network; Abilene paradox, a form of dysfunctional group dynamics "Abilene" (song), a 1963 song recorded by George Hamilton IV; Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad, in Abilene, Kansas; Abilene and Southern Railway, taken over by Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1978
There are over 1,600 buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Kansas listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas. NRHP listings appear in 101 of the state's 105 counties . Contents: Counties in Kansas (links in italic lead to a new page)
Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that is published by the Department of History at Kansas State University with financial support from the society. [6] [7] It is included with membership to the Kansas Historical Foundation. The journal covers research on Kansas and western history.
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