| The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. |
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| Abilene |
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Abilene (AB-uh-leen), city (1990 pop. 6,242),  Dickinson co., central Kansas, on the Smoky Hill R.; 38°55'N 97°13'W. The city, a shipping point for a wheat and cattle region, has feed and flour mills. It was (1867–1871) a railhead for a large cattle-raising region extending SW into Texas. Millions of cattle followed the Chisholm Trail into Abilene’s stockyards prior to shipment. A famous cowtown of the Old West, Abilene once had “Wild Bill” Hickok as its marshal. Abilene was the boyhood home of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower; the Eisenhower Center includes his old family homestead, a mus., the Eisenhower Lib., and his grave. Inc. 1869. | | | | Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol |
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