Abilene,

6 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Abilene
       n 1: a city in central Texas
       2: a town in central Kansas west of Topeka; home of Dwight D.
          Eisenhower

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Abilene
     a plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon
     range; so called from its chief town, Abila (Luke 3:1), which
     stood in the Suk Wady Barada, between Heliopolis (Baalbec) and
     Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter.
     Lysanias was governor or tetrarch of this province.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Abilene, the father of mourning
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Abilene, KS (city, FIPS 125)
    Location: 38.91996 N, 97.22196 W
    Population (1990): 6242 (2856 housing units)
    Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 67410
  Abilene, TX (city, FIPS 1000)
    Location: 32.45450 N, 99.73897 W
    Population (1990): 106654 (44436 housing units)
    Area: 267.0 sq km (land), 14.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 79601, 79602, 79603, 79605, 79606

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Abilene, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
     Population (2000):    6543
     Housing Units (2000): 3104
     Land area (2000):     4.128864 sq. miles (10.693709 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    4.128864 sq. miles (10.693709 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            00125
     Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
     Location:             38.919721 N, 97.217329 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     67410
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Abilene, KS
      Abilene
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Abilene, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
     Population (2000):    115930
     Housing Units (2000): 45618
     Land area (2000):     105.131329 sq. miles (272.288881 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    5.478724 sq. miles (14.189829 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    110.610053 sq. miles (286.478710 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            01000
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             32.446425 N, 99.745482 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     79601 79602 79603 79605 79606
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Abilene, TX
      Abilene