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The Abilene metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan statistical area in west-central Texas that covers three counties—Taylor, Jones, and Callahan. As of the 2020 census , the MSA had a population of 176,579.
Wylie was named after J. J. Wylie, an early settler, who moved Taylor County in 1880. The first settlers farmed in the Wylie area beginning in 1881, but Wylie as a community did not develop until 1902, when John H. Vance arrived from Austin, Texas. Vance purchased several acres of land southwest of Abilene, and built the first general store ...
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 ]
[1] [2] Its county seat is Abilene. [3] The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1878. [4] It is named for Edward Taylor, George Taylor, and James Taylor, three brothers who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Taylor County is included in the Abilene, TX metropolitan statistical area, and is considered part of West Texas.
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Loop 322 is a 7.167-mile (11.534 km) loop route in the city of Abilene in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located in Taylor County. Until the late 1990s, virtually all of Loop 322 was a two-lane freeway. Today, virtually all of the road has been upgraded to typical freeway standards, except its northern terminus, which is an at-grade ...
I-10 at Sonora, TX US 67 / US 87 at San Angelo, TX US 83 / US 84 at Abilene, TX I-20 at Abilene, TX US 82 / US 183 / US 283 at Seymour, TX I-44 / US 281 / US 287 at Wichita Falls, TX US 62 / US 81 / SH-9 at Chickasha, OK: North end: I-44 / US 62 at Newcastle, OK: Location; Country: United States: States: Texas, Oklahoma: Counties
Potosi is located along FM 1750, approximately nine miles south of Abilene in east-central Taylor County. [4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 18.5 sq mi (47.8 km 2), all land.