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The Abilene Zoo is a 16-acre (6.5 ha) zoo located in Abilene, Texas. The zoo has over 800 animals representing over 175 species. Attendance for 2021 was 255,000. Abilene zoo has been an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) since 1985. The zoo participates in the AZA Reciprocal Admissions Program, allowing members to ...
Herbert R. Gibson and his wife, Belva, opened Gibson Products Co., a wholesale novelty company, in 1936 in Abilene, Texas. [1] By the late 1950s, Gibson had decided to refocus on discounting, and he opened the first Gibson's Discount Center in Abilene in 1960. [2] The company grew mostly by franchising the store concept to others.
Texas State Technical College - Abilene Industrial Technology Center, newly constructed in 2018. [22] Dodge Jones Youth Sports Center - Funded and planned opening for November 2019. [23] Abilene Zoo - One of Abilene's biggest attractions. Taylor County Expo Center - Regional grounds for rodeos and the West Texas Fair. Major updates currently ...
Capital of Texas Zoo, Cedar Creek; Center For Animal Research and Education, Bridgeport; Cherokee Trace Drive-thru Safari, Jacksonville; Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch, Murchison; Crocodile Encounter, Angleton; Dallas Zoo, Dallas; East Texas Elephant Experience, Cut And Shoot; East Texas Zoo and Gator Park, Grand Saline; El Paso Zoo, El Paso
Mall of Abilene is an enclosed shopping mall in Abilene, Texas. It is located in the south side of the city, at the southwest corner of Buffalo Gap Road and US 83/84 (Winters Freeway). Occupying a 61-acre plot of land, It serves a 22-county trade area.
Abilene State Park is a 529.4-acre (214.2 ha) state park next to Lake Abilene about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Abilene, Texas on FM 89. The park opened on May 10, 1934 and is managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department .
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 Board of Trade was organized in 1890, when 587 farms and ranches were in the county. [5] The next year, Hardin-Simmons University was established as Abilene Baptist College by the Sweetwater Baptist Association. [9] Lytle Lake was created in 1897. [5] The State Epileptic Colony opened in Abilene in 1904. [10]