Abilene (Kansas)
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 Aerial photograph (2013) |
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| Foundation : | 1857 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Kansas |
| County : | Dickinson County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 55 ′ N , 97 ° 13 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 6,844 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 639.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 10.7 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 10.7 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 352 m |
| Postal code : | 67410 |
| Area code : | +1 785 |
| FIPS : | 20-00125 |
| GNIS ID : | 0476675 |
| Website : | www.abilenecityhall.com |
| Mayor : | John Ray |
Abilene is a city and seat of the county seat of Dickinson County in the US state of Kansas .
Abilene was founded in 1857 by Timothy Hersey as a small stagecoach stop. The name Abilene means city in the plain in Hebrew and was chosen by his wife Eliza. In 1867 the cattle dealer Joseph G. McCoy settled there in the 300-inhabitant village, the population of which then grew to over 3000. Abilene became the first city in the United States to set up a loading station specially for the herds of cattle brought in from Texas (see also Red River (1948) ). From there, the animals went on by train, mostly to the Union Stock Yards , the central cattle market in Chicago .
After his family moved to Abilene in 1892, the future President Dwight D. Eisenhower grew up there with his five brothers. After his death on March 28, 1969, the Eisenhower Library was built in Abilene.
Picture gallery
Church (2014)
Abilene (2014)
Abilene (2014)
Abilene (2014)
Union Pacific Railroad Freight Depot (2014)
Eisenhower family home (2008)
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sons and daughters of the town
- Harry Beaumont (1888–1966), film director
Web links
- Abilene Unified School District 435 ( Memento of March 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Eisenhower Library ( Memento from December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )