Abilene, Texas

Abilene, Texas
City
Downtown Abilene
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Nicknames:  "The Key City" "The Friendly Frontier"
Location in the state of Texas
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Coordinates: 32°27′N 99°45′W / 32.450°N 99.750°W / 32.450; -99.750
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Taylor, Jones
Settled	1881[1]
Incorporated (town)	1881[1]
County seat	1883[1]
Named for	Abilene, Kansas[1]
County seat	Taylor County
Government
• Type	Mayor–council–manager
Area [2]
• City	112.09 sq mi (290.32 km2)
• Land	106.67 sq mi (276.27 km2)
• Water	5.42 sq mi (14.05 km2)
Elevation	1,719 ft (527 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• City	125,182
• Density	1,157/sq mi (447/km2)
• Metro	170,219
• Demonym	Abilenian
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	79601-08 79697-99[4]
Area code	325
FIPS code	48-01000[5]
GNIS feature ID	1329173[6]
Website	abilenetx.com

Abilene is a city in the US state of Texas. It is the county seat of Taylor County. About 120,000 people live there.^[7]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abilene". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 32–33. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
2. ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
3. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2020 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Abilene city, Texas (revision of 10-24-2021)". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
4. ↑ "Look Up a Zip Code". USPS.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
5. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
6. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
7. ↑ "About Abilene". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-07-04.